1 Angels! assist to sing
The honors of your God;
Touch every tuneful string,
And sound his name abroad:
Come, pour the trembling notes along,
And swell the grand immortal song.
2 And ye of meaner birth!
Your joyful voices raise;
Inhabitants of earth!
Your great Creator praise:
Let your hosannas joyful rise,
And shake the earth, and pierce the skies.
3 Let day and dusky night,
In solemn order join
His praises to recite,
And speak his power divine:
Let every hill and every vale
Re-echo with the sacred tale.
4 Let every creature sing
The honors of our God;
Touch every tuneful string,
And spread his praise abroad:
Come, pour the trembling notes along,
And swell the universal song.
Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #346
First Line: | Angels, assist to sing |
Author: | Theophilus |
Source: | Gems |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Angels, assist to sing. [Ps. cxlviii.] This version of Ps. 148 appeared in the Christian Guardian, 1808, with the signature "Theophilus." From thence it passed into a few collections, including the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853, in 4 stanzas; Hatfield's American Church Hymn Book, 1872, in 2 stanzas (i., ii.) and others; but its use is limited. [William T. Brooke]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)