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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
G
About this Hymn
I love the infectious passion and joy of Fanny Crosby. She once said, "It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow, I would not accept it." This hymn (like "Blessed Assurance," "To God Be the Glory," and many others) has that infectiousness! It starts with his greatness, then his love on the cross, but peaks with "Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever. Crown him! Crown him! Prophet and Priest and King!" – Keith Getty
Lyrics
Verse 1
Praise him! Praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim. Hail him! Hail him! Highest archangels in glory; strength and honor give to his holy name! Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children, in his arms he carries them all day long: O ye saints that dwell on the mountain of Zion, praise him, praise him ever in joyful song.
Verse 2
Praise him! Praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, for our sins he suffered and bled and died; he, our rock, our hope of eternal salvation, hail him, hail him, Jesus the Crucified. Loving Savior, meekly enduring sorrow, crowned with thorns that cruelly pierced his brow; once for us rejected, despised, and forsaken, Prince of Glory, he is triumphant now.
Verse 3
Praise him! Praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, heav'nly portals loud with hosannas ring. Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever. Crown him! Crown him! Prophet and Priest and King! Death is vanquished! Tell it with joy, ye faithful. Where is now thy victory, boasting grave? Jesus lives! No longer thy portals are cheerless; Jesus lives, the mighty and strong to save.
Praise him! Praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim. Hail him! Hail him! Highest archangels in glory; strength and honor give to his holy name! Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children, in his arms he carries them all day long: O ye saints that dwell on the mountain of Zion, praise him, praise him ever in joyful song.
Verse 2
Praise him! Praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, for our sins he suffered and bled and died; he, our rock, our hope of eternal salvation, hail him, hail him, Jesus the Crucified. Loving Savior, meekly enduring sorrow, crowned with thorns that cruelly pierced his brow; once for us rejected, despised, and forsaken, Prince of Glory, he is triumphant now.
Verse 3
Praise him! Praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer, heav'nly portals loud with hosannas ring. Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever. Crown him! Crown him! Prophet and Priest and King! Death is vanquished! Tell it with joy, ye faithful. Where is now thy victory, boasting grave? Jesus lives! No longer thy portals are cheerless; Jesus lives, the mighty and strong to save.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Fanny Crosby, 1869
Music: Chester G. Allen, 1869
Music: Chester G. Allen, 1869