1 We homage pay to Christ, our king
With grateful hearts our tribute bring;
He died upon dark Calvary,
His blood has cleansed and made me free.
Refrain:
We homage pay the Savior true,
Who guides our feet along the way;
We homage pay because ’tis due,
Our Lord and king, through every day.
2 We homage pay in deepest love
The glorious One who reigns above;
More perfectly His wondrous fame
To all the world we will proclaim. [Refrain]
3 We homage pay before Thy throne,
Rejoiced to be in truth Thine own;
E’en though Thy name we praise, adore,
Each day we long to love Thee more. [Refrain]
After seeing Gilmore's text in the Boston Watchman and Reflector, William B. Bradbury (PHH 114) composed AUCHTON for those words. Bradbury arranged the text into a stanza/refrain structure, added the final line of the refrain, and published the hymn in his The Golden Censor in 1864. AUCHTON (also kn…
Display Title: We Homage PayFirst Line: We homage pay to Christ, our kingTune Title: HE LEADETH MEAuthor: Ruby GlennSource: Telling Jesus (Hudson, NC: Teachers' Music Publishing Co., 1922)
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