Alleluia! Sing To Jesus
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
His the sceptre, His the throne;
Alleluia! His the triumph,
His the victory alone;
Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood;
“Jesus, out of ev’ry nation
Has redeemed us by His blood.”
Alleluia! not as orphans
Are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia! He is near us,
Faith believes, nor questions how:
Though the clouds from sight received Him
When the forty days were o’er,
Shall our hearts forget His promise,
“I am with you evermore”?
Alleluia! Bread of Heaven,
You on earth our food and stay!
Alleluia! here the sinful
Flee to You from day to day;
Intercessor, Friend of sinners,
Earth’s Redeemer, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sinless
Sweep across the crystal sea.
THIS HYMN was originally entitled “Redemption through the Precious Blood.” It was inspired by Revelation 5:9: “And they sang a new song with these words: ‘You are worthy. . . . For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God.’” William Dix, a Scottish maritime insurance agent, wrote this as a Communion hymn on Ascension Sunday, six weeks after Easter. While the first stanza reminds us of the Revelation scene, the second recalls Christ’s ascension and even His comforting words in the upper room, “I will not abandon you as orphans” (John 14:18). The last stanza speaks of the ascended Christ in heaven as the great High Priest, interceding for His own.
After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. And they were shouting with a mighty shout, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!”
Revelation 7:9-10
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