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Well may we sing, with triumph sing

Representative Text

1 Well may we sing--with triumph sing
The great Redeemer's praise!
The glories of the living God,
Revealed in Jesu's face.

2 The love of God it was that sought
From sin to set us free;
That gave the Son, whose precious blood
Has wrought our liberty.

3 In Him we read the Father's love,
And find eternal peace;
We meet in Him a Saviour-God,
And fear and terror cease.

4 Then gladly sing, and sound abroad
The great Redeemer's praise;
The glories of the living God,
The riches of His grace!

Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #72

Author: George V. Wigram

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Text Information

First Line: Well may we sing, with triumph sing
Author: George V. Wigram
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ANTIOCH (Handel)


AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #72

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