Hallelujah! sing to Jesus, His the scepter, His the throne; Hallelujah! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hark, the songs of His redeemed ones Thunder like a mighty flood: Jesus out of every nation Hath redeemed us by His blood.
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Hallelujah!
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sing to
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Jesus,
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throne;
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deemed ones
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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! 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"?
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Hallelujah!
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not as
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orphans
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sorrow
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now;
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evermore"?
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Hallelujah! Bread of heaven, Thou on earth our food, our stay; Hallelujah! here the hungry Come to Thee from day to day. Advocate and Intercessor, My Redeemer pleads for me, On the throne of the Almighty Now and to eternity.
Hallelujah! Bread of heaven,
Thou on earth our food, our stay;
Hallelujah! here the hungry
Come to Thee from day to day.
Advocate and Intercessor,
My Redeemer pleads for me,
On the throne of the Almighty
Now and to eternity.
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Hallelujah!
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Bread of
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heaven,
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food, our
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eternity.
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Hallelujah! sing to Jesus, His the scepter, His the throne; Hallelujah! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hark, the songs of His redeemed ones Thunder like a mighty flood: Jesus out of every nation, Hath redeemed us by His blood.
In Matthew 28:19 and 20 the Lord Jesus said: Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.
The heavenly King is Emmanuel, God with us (1:23). Here He promised that in His resurrection He will be with us all the days, with all authority, until the consummation of the age, that is, until the end of this age. Hence, wherever we are gathered into His name, He is in our midst (18:20). Among the four Gospels the Lord’s ascension is recorded only in Mark (Mark 16:19) and Luke (Luke 24:51). John testifies that the Lord, as the Son of God, even God Himself, is life to His believers. As such, He can never and would never leave them. Matthew proves that He, as Emmanuel, is the heavenly King who is with His people continuously until He comes back. Hence, in John and Matthew the Lord’s ascension is not mentioned.
I remember singing this hymn when I visited my friends in Kisumu. Then another instance my parents and siblings and maternal Grandparents all near me in church.
Great hymn. I remember singing it at St. Alban's Anglican Church in the 80s. But stanza 1 verse 5 is different. We sang "Hark the songs of peaceful Zion... " if I remember well.