Sunday's Hymn: In Bunhill Fields

This Sunday’s hymn isn’t written, really, by someone buried in Bunhill Fields, but the last verse as we sing it is. John Rippon is best known for his hymnal, A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, Intended to Be an Appendix to Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns. (You have to love those Puritanish titles, don’t you?) He included this hymn in it, but he took out two of Perronet’s original verses and added two of his own. We retain one of the verses he  added as our last stanza.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name 

All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.

Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.
Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.

Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might, and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might, and crown Him Lord of all.

Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God, who from His altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown Him Lord of all.

Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race, ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all.

Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line, whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all,
The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all.

Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget the wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all.

Let every tribe and every tongue before Him prostrate fall
And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all.
And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all.

[John Rippon added this verse in 1787]

O that, with yonder sacred throng, we at His feet may fall,
Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all,
Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all!

 

—-Edward Perronet (Listen: Coronation)

 

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Fourth Sunday After Easter at Magic Statistics
• Out of Bondage at The Happy Wonderer
• O Saviour, Precious Saviour at Hiraeth
  
• Before the Throne of God Above at Seasoning of the Heart
• We Rest on Thee, Our Shield and Our Defender at Whatever Things…
• Praise to the Lord at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 16, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Joy Unspeakable at JoythruChrist
• At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing at Conjubilant With Song.

Have you posted a hymn today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

Comments

[rosemary]

I love to sing this hymn with a God-loving congregation, accompanied by a God-loving organist at the pipe organ! You could even throw in a brass ensemble...

[Lisa Nunley]

I cannot sing through "Before the Throne of God Above" without tears. One of my favorites.