Behold the Glories of the Lamb Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

SOVEREIGN KEYS (C.M.) Mitch Cervinka* 1998 Score

Be-hold the glo-ries of the Lamb
   A-midst His Fa-ther's throne.
Pre-pare new hon-ors for His Name,
   And songs be-fore un-known.

Let el-ders wor-ship at His feet,
   The church a-dore a-round,
With vi-als full of o-dors sweet,
   And harps of sweet-er sound.

Those are the pray-ers of the saints,
   And these the hymns they raise;
Je-sus is kind to our com-plaints,
   He loves to hear our praise.

E-ter-nal Fa-ther, who shall look
   In-to Thy se-cret will?
Who but the Son should take the Book
   And o-pen ev-ery seal?

He shall ful-fil Thy great de-crees,
   The Son de-serves it well;
Lo, in His hand the sov-ereign keys
   Of heav'n, and death, and hell!

Now to the Lamb that once was slain
   Be end-less bless-ings paid;
Sal-va-tion, glo-ry, joy re-main
   For-ev-er on Thy head.

Thou hast re-deemed our souls with blood,
   Hast set the pris-'ner free;
Hast made us kings and priests to God,
   And we shall reign with Thee.

The worlds of na-ture and of grace
   Are put be-neath Thy pow'r;
Then short-en these de-lay-ing days,
   And bring the prom-ised hour.

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*Music: Composed 1998 by Mitch Cervinka.
Donated to the Public Domain for the unrestricted use of Christ's church.