Verse 1
My heart and voice I raise,
To spread Messiah’s praise;
Messiah’s praise let all repeat:
The universal Lord,
By whose almighty word,
Creation rose in form complete.
Verse 2
A servant’s form He wore,
And in His body bore
Our dreadful curse on Calvary:
He like a victim stood,
And poured His sacred blood,
To set the guilty captives free.
Verse 3
But soon the Victor rose,
Triumphant o’er His foes,
And led the vanquished host in chains:
He threw their empire down;
His foes compelled to own,
O’er all the great Messiah reigns.
Verse 4
With mercy’s mildest grace,
He governs all our race,
In wisdom, righteousness, and love:
Who to Messiah fly,
Shall find redemption nigh,
And all His great salvation prove.
Verse 5
Hail, Saviour, Prince of Peace!
Thy kingdom shall increase,
Till all the world Thy glory see,
And righteousness abound,
As the great deep profound,
And fill the earth with purity!
B.Rhodes