Come, ye faithful,
raise the anthem |
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Tune: |
Neander |
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Metre: |
87 87 87 |
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Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem,
Cleave the skies with shouts of
praise;
Sing to Him who found the ransom,
Ancient of eternal days,
God eternal, Word incarnate,
Whom the heaven of heaven obeys.
Ere he raised the lofty mountains,
Formed the sea, or built the sky,
Love external, free, and boundless,
Forced the Lord of life to die,
Lifted up the Prince of princes
On the throne of Calvary.
Now on those eternal mountains
Stands the sapphire throne, all
bright,
With the ceaseless alleluias
Which they raise, the sons of light;
Sion’s people tell His praises,
Victor after hard-won fight.
Laud and honour to the Father,
Laud and honour to the Son,
Laud and honour to the Spirit,
Ever Three and ever One,
One in love, and One in splendour,
While unending ages run.
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