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Hymnal Number
49Resource Type:
Keys included:
Bb
About this Hymn
This grand hymn was written by Timothy Dudley-Smith while he was archdeacon of Norwich. Fellow hymn writer Christopher Idle said of it, "If the first basic Christian creed was 'Jesus is Lord,' here is an attempt to clothe that simple phrase in fuller biblical dress. . . . Though several contemporary writers have taken the theme of Christ's majesty, few have given it such content." The tune is written by Michael Baughan, who along with Dudley-Smith was hugely encouraging to us and many other hymn writers.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Name of all majesty, fathomless mystery, King of the ages by angels adored; pow'r and authority, splendor and dignity, bow to his mastery— Jesus is Lord!
Verse 2
Child of our destiny, God from eternity, love of the Father on sinners outpoured; see now what God has done, sending his only Son, Christ the beloved one— Jesus is Lord!
Verse 3
Savior of Calvary, costliest victory, darkness defeated and Eden restored; born as a man to die, nailed to a cross on high, cold in the grave to lie— Jesus is Lord!
Verse 4
Source of all sov'reignty, light, immortality, life everlasting and heaven assured; so with the ransomed, we praise him eternally, Christ in his majesty— Jesus is Lord!
Name of all majesty, fathomless mystery, King of the ages by angels adored; pow'r and authority, splendor and dignity, bow to his mastery— Jesus is Lord!
Verse 2
Child of our destiny, God from eternity, love of the Father on sinners outpoured; see now what God has done, sending his only Son, Christ the beloved one— Jesus is Lord!
Verse 3
Savior of Calvary, costliest victory, darkness defeated and Eden restored; born as a man to die, nailed to a cross on high, cold in the grave to lie— Jesus is Lord!
Verse 4
Source of all sov'reignty, light, immortality, life everlasting and heaven assured; so with the ransomed, we praise him eternally, Christ in his majesty— Jesus is Lord!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith © 1984 Hope Publishing Company
Music: Michael Baughen, arr. Noël Tredinnick © 1982 Hope Publishing Company (Hope Publishing Company / www.hopepublishing.com)
Music: Michael Baughen, arr. Noël Tredinnick © 1982 Hope Publishing Company (Hope Publishing Company / www.hopepublishing.com)