Hymn
Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know
Ask ye what great thing I know
That delights and stirs me so?
What the high reward I win!
Whose the name I glory in?
Jesus Christ, the Crucified.
Who is life in life to me?
Who the death of death will be?
Who will place me on his right
With the countless hosts of light?
Jesus Christ, the Crucified.
This is that great thing I know;
This delights and stirs me so;
Faith in him who died to save,
Him who triumphed o'er the grace,
Jesus Christ, the Crucified.
Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know — Text from Laudes Domini, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/ask-ye-what-great-thing-i-know
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know?
The words of Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know are credited to Johann C. Schwedler and Benjamin Hall Kennedy; the version here was published in 1890.
Is Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Laudes Domini, published in 1890. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know?
Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know is in 7.7.7.7.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me and Take My Life, and Let It Be.