The Sunday School Hymnal ‎#243

243. Come, ye faithful, raise an anthem

1 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem;
Cleave the skies with shouts of praise;
Sing to Him who brought salvation,
Wondrous in His works and ways;
God eternal! Word incarnate,
Whom the heaven of heaven obeys.

2 Ere He raised the lofty mountains,
Formed the seas, or built the sky,
Love eternal, free, and boundless,
Moved the Lord of Life to die;
Foreordained the Prince of Princes
For the throne of Calvary.

3 Now above the sapphire pavement,
High in unapporachéd light,
Lo! He lives and reigns for ever,
Victor after hard-won fight,
Where the song of the redeeméd
Rings unceasing day and night.

4 Trust Him then, ye fainting pilgrims;
Who shall pluck you from His hand?
Pledged He stands for your salvation,
Pledged to give the promised land,
Where among the ransomed nations
Ye too round His throne shall stand.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise an anthem
• Author: Rev. Job Hupton, 1762-1849 (1806)
• Translator: Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 (1851)
• Publication Date: 1900
• Topic: Christ: Exemplar; Christ: Word of God; Foreordination; Processional; Trust; Victory
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: NEANDER
• Composer: Rev. Joachim Neander, (1640-1680)
• Meter: 8s. & 7s. 6 lines
• Notes: Public Domain.