The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15981

15981. When Satan Saw His Rebel Host

1 When Satan saw his rebel host,
His cause, and Heav’n for ever lost,
Malice and wrath his mind possessed,
And fury burned within his breast.

2 He knew how vain th’ attempts to rise,
With impious rage against the skies;
But bent on ill, another way
He turns his arms, and wins the day.

3 ‘Twas in a dark unguarded hour,
That our first parents felt his power;
Soft innocence and virtue fell
An easy prey to death and hell.

4 Ye sons of God, the tempter fly,
Nor the unequal contest try;
By promised bliss the fiend decoys—
First he allures, and then destroys.

Text Information

• First Line: When Satan saw his rebel host
• Title: When Satan Saw His Rebel Host
• Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ARIZONA by Robert H. Earnshaw, AUCTORITATE SAECULI - Angers church tune, WOODWORTH by William B. Bradbury

Tune Information

• Name: BRESLAU
• Meter: LM
• Key: A Major
• Source: As Hymnodus Sacer (Leipzig, Germany, 1625)
• Copyright: Public Domain