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CCXI. All hail! happy day

1 All hail! happy day,
When enrob'd in our clay,
The Redeemer appear'd upon earth:
How can we refrain
For to join the glad strain,
And to hail our Immanuel's birth?

2 How boundless that love,
First begotten above,
And through Jesus to sinners made known!
Lift, lift up the voice,
And exulting rejoice,
For Jehovah to earth is come down.

3 Ye angels of God,
Sound his praises abroad,
And acknowledge him JAH, the I AM:
We also will join
In a hymn so divine,
Giving glory to God and the Lamb.

4 To Christ we will sing,
As our High Priest and King,
And our Prophet to teach us the road:
But more than all this,
Fro Almighty he is,
And we own him our crucify'd God!

5 To Jesus's praise
Let us spend all our days,
For 'tis he our surety has stood:
He sojourned below,
That his mercy might flow,
And he purchas'd our pardon with blood!

6 O may the return
Of this once-blessed morn,
Be for ever remember'd with joy;
Sweet accents of praise,
All our voices shall raise,
Hallelujahs shall be our employ.

7 Let echo prolong
The harmonious song,
Hallelujahs again and again:
He kindles the fire,
Whom the nations desire,
And to him we devote the glad strain.

8 Blest Jesus, while we
Pay our tribute to thee,
Let us worship, admire, and adore;
Accept as thy crown,
What before was thy own,
Hallelujahs and praise evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: All hail! happy day
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: Nativity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune: BUILTH

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