Hail, Thou once de-spis-ed Je-sus!
Hail, Thou Gal-i-le-an King!
Thou didst suf-fer to re-lease us;
Thou didst free sal-va-tion bring.
Hail, Thou ag-o-niz-ing Sav-ior,
Bear-er of our sin and shame!
By Thy mer-its we find fa-vor;
Life is giv-en through Thy name.
Pas-chal Lamb, by God ap-point-ed,
All our sins on Thee were laid;
By al-might-y love a-noint-ed,
Thou hast full a-tone-ment made.
All Thy peo-ple are for-giv-en
Through the vir-tue of Thy blood;
O-pened is the gate of heav-en;
Peace is made 'twixt man and God.
Je-sus, hail! en-throned in glo-ry,
There for-ev-er to a-bide;
All the heaven-ly hosts a-dore Thee,
Seat-ed at Thy Fa-ther's side.
There for sin-ners Thou art plead-ing;
There Thou dost our place pre-pare;
Ev-er for us in-ter-ced-ing
Till in glo-ry we ap-pear.
Wor-ship, hon-or, power and bless-ing
Thou art wor-thy to re-ceive,
Loud-est prais-es, with-out ceas-ing,
Meet it is for us to give.
Help, ye bright an-gel-ic spir-its,
Bring your sweet-est, no-blest lays;
Help to sing our Sav-ior's mer-its,
Help to chant Em-man-uel's praise!