The Lord Ascendeth Up on High

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The Lord ascendeth up on high

Author: Arthur T. Russell (1851)
Tune: ASCENDIT DEUS (Schicht)
Published in 37 hymnals

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	Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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	Out from Your Throne

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1 The Lord ascendeth up on high,
the Lord hath triumphed gloriously,
in power and might excelling;
the grave and hell are captive led,
see him return, our glorious Head,
to his eternal dwelling.

2 The heavens with joy receive their Lord,
by saints, by angel hosts adored;
O day of exultation!
Come earth, adore thy glorious King!
His rising, his ascension sing
with grateful adoration!

3 Our great High Priest hath gone before,
now on his Church his grace to pour;
and still his love he giveth:
oh, may our hearts to him ascend;
may all within us upward tend
to him who ever liveth!

Source: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #440

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Author: Arthur T. Russell

Arthur Tozer Russell was born at Northampton, March 20, 1806. He entered S. John's College, Cambridge, in 1824, took the Hulsean Prize in 1825, and was afterwards elected to a scholarship. He was ordained Deacon in 1829, Priest in 1830, and the same year was appointed Vicar of Caxton. In 1852, he was preferred to the vicarage of Whaddon. In 1863, he removed to S. Thomas', Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, and in 1867, to Holy Trinity, Wellington, Salop. He is the editor and author of numerous publications, among them several volumes of hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The Lord ascendeth up on high
Title:	The Lord Ascendeth Up on High
Author:	Arthur T. Russell (1851)
Meter:	8.8.7.8.8.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

The Lord ascendeth up on high. A. T. Russell. [Ascension.] Published in the Hymns for Published Worship and Private Devotion, published for the benefit of the London German Hospital, Dalston, 1848, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines. In 1854 stanzas i., ii., and a third stanza by Bishop How, were given in Morrell and How's Psalms & Hymns, No. 51, each stanza being in 7 lines. This text was repeated in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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