Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor

lyricist: George Bourne, 1874
Composer: William Owen, 1852

Lord

en­throned in heav’n­ly splen­dor

First be­got­ten from the dead

You alone

our strong de­fend­er

Now lift up Your peo­ple’s head.

Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia! Al­le­lu­ia!

Jesus

true and liv­ing bread!

Jesus

true and liv­ing bread!

Here our hum­blest hom­age pay we

Here in lov­ing rev­er­ence bow;

Here for faith’s dis­cern­ment pray we

Lest we fail to know You now.

Though the low­li­est form doth veil Thee

As of old in Beth­le­hem

Here as there Thine an­gels hail Thee

Branch and flow­er of Jes­se’s stem.

Paschal Lamb

Your of­fer­ing fin­ished

Once for all when You were slain

In its full­ness un­di­min­ished

Shall forev­er­more re­main.

Great high priest of our pro­fess­ion

Through the veil Thou went­est in

By Thy migh­ty in­ter­ces­sion

Grace and peace for us to win.

Life im­part­ing heav’n­ly man­na

Smitten rock with stream­ing side

Heav’n and earth with loud ho­san­na

Worship You

the Lamb who died.

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