[Improvisation]
Hallelujah! sing to Jesus,
his the sceptre, His the throne;
hallelujah! His the triumph,
his the victory alone.
hark, the songs of peaceful Sion
thunder like a mighty flood:
‘Jesus out of every nation
Hath redeemed us by His blood.’
Hallelujah! not as orphans
are we left in sorrow now;
hallelujah! He is near us,
faith believes, nor questions how.
though the clouds from sight received Him
when the forty days were o’er,
shall our hearts forget His promise,
‘I am with you evermore’?
Hallelujah! bread of heaven,
and on earth our food, our stay;
hallelujah! here the sinful
flee to you from day to day.
intercessor, friend of sinners,
earth’s redeemer pleads for me,
where the songs of all the sinless
sweep across the crystal sea.
Halleluia! King eternal,
you the Lord of lords we own;
halleluia! Born of Mary,
earth your footstool, heaven your throne:
you within the veil have entered,
robed in flesh, our great high priest;
you on earth both priest and victim
in the eucharistic feast.