English Lyrics VERSE 1Christ triumphant, ever reigning,Saviour, Master, King!Lord of heav’n, our lives sustaining,hear us as we sing:REFRAINYours the glory and the crown,the high renown, the eternal name.VERSE 2Word incarnate, truth revealing,Son of Man on earth!power and majesty concealingby your humble birth:REFRAINYours the glory and the crown,the high renown, the eternal name.VERSE 3Suffering servant, scorned,…
English Lyrics 1. Brother, sister, let me serve you;let me be as Christ to you;pray that I may have the grace tolet you be my servant too.2. We are pilgrims on a journey,and companions on the road;we are here to help each otherwalk the mile and bear the load.3. I will hold the Christlight for…
“And Can It Be That I Should Gain?” is a Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley in 1738 to celebrate his conversion, which he regarded as having taken place on 21 May of that year.[1] The hymn celebrates personal salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus, and is one of the most popular Methodist…
Henry Francis Lyte (b. Ednam, near Kelso, Rosburghshire, Scotland, 1793; d. Nice, France, 1847) wrote this text in the late summer of 1847; he died in November of that year (various other stories about Lyte’s writing of this text do not appear to be reliable). First printed in a leaflet in 1847, the text was…
English Lyrics 1 Crown him with many crowns,the Lamb upon his throne.Hark! how the heavenly anthem drownsall music but its own.Awake, my soul, and singof him who died for thee,and hail him as thy matchless kingthrough all eternity.2 Crown him the Lord of life,who triumphed o’er the grave,and rose victorious in the strifefor those he…