RitualSong (2nd ed.) ‎#973

973. Praise We the Lord This Day

1 Praise we the Lord this day,
This day so long foretold,
Whose promise shone with cheering ray
On waiting saints of old.

2 The prophet gave the sign
For faithful folk to read:
A virgin, born of David's line,
Shall bear the promised seed.

3 Ask not how this should be,
But worship and adore
Like her whom God's own majesty
Came down to shadow o'er.

4 She meekly bowed her head
To hear the gracious word:
Hail, Mary, pure and lowly maid,
The favored of the Lord.

5 How blest shall be her name
In all the Church on earth!
Through her that wondrous myst'ry came,
The incarnate Savior's birth.

6 Praise Christ, the Virgin's Son,
Whom earth and heav'n adore,
With Father, Spirit, Three in One
Both now and evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise we the Lord this day
• Title: Praise We the Lord This Day
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2016
• Scripture:
  Matthew 1:23
• Topic: Annunciation of the Lord
• Source: Hymns for the Festivals and Saints' Days, 1846

Tune Information

• Name: SWABIA
• Composer: Johann M. Speiss, 1715-1772
• Adapter: William H. Havergal, 1783-1870
• Meter: SM
• Key: D Major