477 Jesus Christ our Lord

 

 

1. All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine,

didst yield the glory that of right was thine,

that in our darkened hearts thygrace might shine.

 

2. Thou cam’st to us in lowliness of thought;

by thee the outcast and the poor were sought;

and by thy death was God’s salvation wrought.

 

3. Let this mind be in us which was in thee,

who wast a servant that we might be free,

humbling thyself to death on Calvary.

 

4. Wherefore, by God’s eternal purpose, thou

art high exalted o’er all creatures now,

and given the Name to which all knees shall bow.

 

5. Let every tongue confess with one accord

in heaven and earth that Jesus Christ is Lord;

and God the Father be by all adored.

 

Words: F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984) Music: Engelberg, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-4924); desc. Richard Proulx (b. 1937)