Hymn
Joyful Homage
Awake, ye saints, awake!
And hail this sacred day;
In loftiest songs of praise
Your joyful homage pay:
Come, bless the day that God hath blest,
The type of heaven's eternal rest.
On this all-glorious morn
The Lord of life arose;
He burst the bars of death,
And vanquished all our foes:
And now He pleads our cause above,
And reaps the fruit of all His love.
All hail, triumphant Lord!
Heaven with hosannas rings,
And earth in humbler strains,
Thy praise responsive sings:
Worthy the Lamb, that once was slain,
Through endless years to live and reign!
Amen.
Joyful Homage — Text from Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes, 1899. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/joyful-homage
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Joyful Homage?
The words of Joyful Homage are credited to Thomas Cotterill and Elizabeth Scott; the version here was published in 1899. The library holds 5 more hymns by Thomas Cotterill, including Pentecost and Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord!
Is Joyful Homage public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes, published in 1899. 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 Joyful Homage?
Joyful Homage is in 6.6.6.6.8.8. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Bridegroom Cometh, A Song of Praise to Christ and Christ is our corner-stone.