Voices United ‎#335

335. At the Name of Jesus

1 At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess him King of glory now;
'tis our God's great pleasure we should call him Lord,
who from the beginning was the mighty Word.

2 Humbled for a season to receive a name
from the lips of sinners unto whom he came,
faithfully he bore it, spotless to the last,
brought it back victorious when from death he passed.

3 Name him, Christians, name him, with love strong as death,
but with awe and wonder, and with bated breath;
he is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord,
ever to be worshipped, trusted, and adored.

4 In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue
all that is not holy, all that is not true;
crown him as your Captain in temptation's hour;
let his will enfold you in its light and power.

5 Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again,
with his Father's glory, with his angel train;
for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow,
and our hearts confess him King of Glory now.

Text Information

• First Line: At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow
• Title: At the Name of Jesus
• Author: Caroline Maria Noel (1870, alt.)
• Meter: 11 11 11 11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and praise; Christian Year: Passion/Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Holy Week; Christian Year: Triduum; Commitment; Conversion; Faithfulness; Humility; Jesus Christ: Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ: Creator; Jesus Christ: Faithfulness; Jesus Christ: Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ: Love of; Jesus Christ: name; Jesus Christ: Praise; Jesus Christ: Reign; Jesus Christ: Saviour; Jesus Christ: Second Coming; Jesus Christ: Word; Salvation; Second Coming; Surrender; Temptation; Trust; Truth; Witness; Word of God; Worship; Christmas 1: Year A; Christmas 2: Year A; Baptism of Jesus: Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year A; Easter 2: Year A; Ascension: Year A; Proper 8: Year A; Proper 13: Year A; Proper 14: Year A; Proper 16: Year A; Proper 19: Year A; Proper 21: Year A; Reign of Christ: Year A; Advent 4: Year B; Christmas 2: Year B; Epiphany Last/Transfig.: Year B; Lent 3: Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year B; Easter 4: Year B; Proper 21: Year B; Proper 27: Year B; Reign of Christ: Year B; Advent 3: Year C; Baptism of Jesus: Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig.: Year C; Lent 1: Year C; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year C; Proper 4: Year C; Proper 9: Year C; Proper 20: Year C; Reign of Christ: Year C; Easter Evening: Year ABC

Tune Information

• Name: KING'S WESTON
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1925)
• Meter: 11 11 11 11
• Key: d minor
• Copyright: Music by permission of Oxford University Press.