369. Blessing and honour and glory

1 Blessing and honour and glory and power,
wisdom and riches and strength evermore
give we to Christ who our battle has won,
whose are the kingdom, the crown and the throne.

2 Past are the darkness, the storm and the war;
come is the radiance that sparkles afar;
now breaks the gleam of the day without end;
rises the sun that shall never descend.

3 Sounds now the heaven of the heavens with Christ's name,
rings now the earth with his glory and fame.
Ocean and mountain, stream, forest and flower
echoing praises, they tell of God's power.

4 Ever ascends holy love from on high;
ever ascends this our song and our joy:
blessing and honour and glory and praise—
this is the theme of the hymns that we raise.

5 Give we the glory and praise to the Lamb;
take we the robe and the harp and the palm;
sing we the song of the Lamb that was slain,
dying in weakness, but rising to reign.

Text Information
First Line: Blessing and honour and glory and power
Title: Blessing and honour and glory
Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 (alt.)
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Topic: Easter / Eastertide; Glory; God in Christ (5 more...)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: O QUANTA QUALIA
Harmonizer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Paris Antiphoner 1681
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: See also: O QUANTA QUALIA 608



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