with sur­prise

The phrase "with sur­prise" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

with sur­prise· 4 hymns found
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The magi were am­azed,
With ac­cla­ma­tion from the skies,
Thy fear­ful doom with ven­geance fraught,
For Ja­cob’s friends are few,

with sur­prise

And po­ver­ty, they gazed.
The heav’n­ly choir around did sing:
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They seem di­vid­ed, too.

The Best That Heav’n Could Bring

lyricist: Translated by John Brownlie, 1907
Composer: Isaac oodbury, 1856
Hymn 1

...The magi were am­azed,

As, with sur­prise, on hum­ble guise

And po­ver­ty, they gazed....

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The magi were am­azed,

As, with sur­prise, on hum­ble guise

And po­ver­ty, they gazed.

The Best That Heav’n Could Bring

Awake, Ye Nations of the Earth

lyricist: 18th Century
Composer: Thomas Williams, 1789
Hymn 2

...With ac­cla­ma­tion from the skies,

And seized the shep­herds with sur­prise.

The heav’n­ly choir around did sing:...

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With ac­cla­ma­tion from the skies,

And seized the shep­herds with sur­prise.

The heav’n­ly choir around did sing:

Awake, Ye Nations of the Earth

And Canst Thou, Sinner, Slight?

lyricist: Abigail Hyde, 1824
Composer: Jonathan Woodman, 1844
Hymn 3

...Thy fear­ful doom with ven­geance fraught,

Will fill thee with sur­prise.

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Thy fear­ful doom with ven­geance fraught,

Will fill thee with sur­prise.

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And Canst Thou, Sinner, Slight?

By Whom Shall Jacob Now Arise?

lyricist: Thomas Kelly, 1804
Composer: Luther Emerson, 1866
Hymn 4

...For Ja­cob’s friends are few,

And—what should fill us with sur­prise—

They seem di­vid­ed, too....

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For Ja­cob’s friends are few,

And—what should fill us with sur­prise—

They seem di­vid­ed, too.

By Whom Shall Jacob Now Arise?

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