Praise for Creation and Redemption

While heavenly hosts their anthems sing

Author: J. Hart
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 While heavenly hosts their anthems sing,
In realms above the sky,
Let worms of earth their tribute bring,
And laud the Lord most high.

2 In thankful notes your voices raise,
Ye ransomed of the Lord;
And sing the eternal Father’s praise,
The God by all adored.

3 All creatures to his bounty owe
Their being and their breath;
But greatest gratitude should flow
In men redeemed from death.

4 His only Son he deigned to give;
What love this gift declares!
And all that in the Son believe,
Eternal life is theirs.

Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #834

Author: J. Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: While heavenly hosts their anthems sing
Title: Praise for Creation and Redemption
Author: J. Hart
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #834

Hymns, etc. composed on various subjects #136

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