Hymn
The Excellency of the Christian Religion
Let everlasting glories crown
Thy head, my Saviour and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessing in Thy Word.
In vain our trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon;
With long despair our spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Thee alone.
How well Thy blessed truths agree!
How wise and holy Thy commands!
Thy promises, how firm they be!
How firm our hope and comfort stands!
Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,
And bind Thy Gospel to my heart.
The Excellency of the Christian Religion — Text from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-excellency-of-the-christian-religion
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Who wrote The Excellency of the Christian Religion?
The words of The Excellency of the Christian Religion were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Whom Having Not Seen, Ye Love and My God, my everlasting hope.
Is The Excellency of the Christian Religion public domain?
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What is the metre of The Excellency of the Christian Religion?
The Excellency of the Christian Religion is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, So Fades the Blooming Flower, A Penitent Pleading for Pardon and Grieving For the Transgressors.