The Hymnal 1982 486
Hosanna to the living Lord
- Tune
- hosanna
- Author(s)
- Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
- Composer(s)
- John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
- Meter
- 8.8.8.8 with refrain
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1 Hosanna to the living Lord! Hosanna to the incarnate Word! To Christ, Creator, Savior, King, let earth, let heaven, hosanna sing!
Refrain: Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
2 Hosanna, Lord! thine angels cry; Hosanna, Lord! thy saints reply; above, beneath us, and around, both dead and living swell the sound: (Refrain)
3 O Savior, with protecting care abide in this thy house of prayer, where we assembled in thy Name, in faith, thy parting promise claim. (Refrain)
4 But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, Eternal! bid thy Spirit rest; and make our secret soul to be a temple pure and worthy thee. (Refrain)
5 So in the last and dreadful day, when earth and heaven shall melt away, thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, shall swell the sound of praise again. (Refrain)