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Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord!

Sing hallelujah, praise the Lord! Sing with a cheerful voice

Author: John Swertner (1789)
Tune: BECHLER
Published in 80 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Sing hallelujah, praise the Lord!
Sing with a cheerful voice;
exalt our God with one accord,
and in His Name rejoice.
Ne’er cease to sing, O ransomed host,
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
until in realms of endless light
your praises shall unite.

2 There we to all eternity
shall join th'angelic lays
and sing in perfect harmony
to God our Savior’s praise;
He has redeemed us by His blood,
and made us kings and priests to God;
for us, for us, the Lamb was slain!
Praise ye the Lord! Amen.


Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #168

Author: John Swertner

Swertner, John, b. Sept. 12, 1746, at Haarlem, in Holland, Moravian minister at various places in England and Ireland; d. at Bristol, March 11, 1813. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sing hallelujah, praise the Lord! Sing with a cheerful voice
Title: Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord!
Author: John Swertner (1789)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

BECHLER

"Recent manuscript studies suggest a date for the tune around 1814 when Bechler served on Staten Island," Albert H Frank, Companion to the 1995 Moravian Book of Worship (Bethlehem, PA: Moravian Music Foundation, 2004), p. 128.

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The Cyber Hymnal #6080
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Instances (1 - 9 of 9)

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #179

Hymnal #67

Hymns for Praise and Worship #534

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Hymns to the Living God #21

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Moravian Book of Worship #543

New Harmonia Sacra (Legacy ed.) #327

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #168

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The Celebration Hymnal #13

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The Cyber Hymnal #6080

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