Now Let Us Join with Hearts and Tongues

Now let us join with hearts and tongues

And emu­late the an­gels’ songs;

Yea

sin­ners may ad­dress their king

In songs that an­gels can­not sing.

They praise the Lamb who once was slain

But we can add a high­er strain;

Not on­ly say

He suf­fered thus

But that He suf­fered all for us.

When an­gels by trans­gress­ion fell

Justice con­signed them all to hell;

But mer­cy formed a won­drous plan

To save and hon­or fall­en man.

Jesus

who passed the an­gels by

Assumed our flesh to bleed and die;

And still He makes it His abode

As man

He fills the throne of God.

Our next of kin

our bro­ther now

Is He to whom the an­gels bow;

They join with us to praise His name

But we the near­est in­ter­est claim.

But ah! how faint our prais­es rise!

Sure

’tis the won­der of the skies;

That we

who share His rich­est love

So cold and un­con­cerned should prove.

O glo­ri­ous hour

it comes with speed!

When we from sin and dark­ness freed

Shall see the God who died for man

And praise Him more than an­gels can.