The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4422

4422. My Heart and Voice I Raise

1. My heart and voice I raise,
To spread Messiah’s praise;
Messiah’s praise let all repeat:
The universal Lord,
By whose almighty Word
Creation rose in form complete.

2. A servant’s form He wore,
And in His body bore
Our dreadful curse on Calvary:
He like a victim stood,
And poured His sacred blood,
To set the guilty captive free.

3. But soon the Victor rose
Triumphant o’er His foes,
And led the vanquished host in chains;
He threw their empire down,
His foes compelled to own—
O’er all, the great Messiah reigns.

4. With mercy’s mildest grace,
He governs all our race,
In wisdom, righteousness, and love:
Who to Messiah fly
Shall find redemption nigh,
And all His great salvation prove.

5. Hail, Savior, Prince of Peace!
Thy kingdom shall increase,
Till all the world Thy glory see;
And righteousness abound,
As the great deep profound,
And fill the earth with purity!

Text Information

• First Line: My heart and voice I raise
• Title: My Heart and Voice I Raise
• Author: Benjamin Rhodes (1787)
• Language: English
• Source: Benjamin Rhodes, in his poem "Messiah," 1787
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CRUSADER'S HYMN
• Incipit: 22242 25555 45621
• Key: C Major
• Source: Schles­ische Volks­lied­er (Si­le­si­an Folk Songs), 1842
• Copyright: Public Domain