Author: John Sanderson

[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.

[Improvisation]

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
bring, and adore him: the Lord is his name.

Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness:
high on his heart he will bear it for thee,
comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness,
guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.

Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness
of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine:
truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
these are the offerings to lay on his shrine.

These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
he will accept for the name that is dear;
mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
bring, and adore him: the Lord is his name.