The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5265

5265. Once, Only Once

1. Once, only once, and once for all,
His precious life He gave;
Before the cross in faith we fall,
And own it strong to save.

2. One off’ring, single and complete,
With lips and hearts we say;
But what He never can repeat
He shows forth day by day.

3. For as the priest of Aaron’s line
Within the holiest stood,
And sprinkled all the mercy shrine
With sacrificial blood;

4. So He, who once atonement wrought,
Our Priest of endless power,
Presents Himself for those He bought
In that dark noontide hour.

5. His manhood pleads where now it lives
On heaven’s eternal throne,
And where in mystic rite He gives
Its presence to His own.

6. And so we show Thy death, O Lord,
Till Thou again appear,
And feel, when we approach Thy board,
We have an altar here.

Text Information

• First Line: Once, only once, and once for all
• Title: Once, Only Once
• Author: William Bright (1865)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ALBANO
• Composer: Vincent Novello, 1781-1861
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 35432 12771 12233
• Key: F Major
• Source: First pub­lished in the ap­pen­dix to Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1868, from No­vel­lo’s orig­in­al man­u­script
• Copyright: Public Domain