Lo, God To Heav'n Ascendeth
Words and music by Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer · tr. Frances Elizabeth Cox · 1661
Key of F · 140 BPM · 4/4 · Assurance,Church in Heaven,Guidance · Ps 47:1-9
Verse 1
Lo, God to Heav'n ascendeth! Throughout its regions vast
With shouts triumphant blendeth the trumpet's thrilling blast:
Sing praise to Christ the Lord; sing praise with exultation,
King of each heathen nation, the God of Hosts adored!
Verse 2
With joy is Heav'n resounding Christ's glad return to see;
Behold the saints surrounding the Lord who set them free.
Bright myriads, thronging, come; the cherub band rejoices,
And loud seraphic voices Welcome Messiah home.
Verse 3
No more the way is hidden, Since Christ our Head arose:
No more to man forbidden The road to Heav'n that goes.
Our Lord is gone before; yet here He will not leave us,
And soon in Heav'n receive us and open wide the door.
Verse 4
Christ is our place preparing; to Heav'n we, too, shall rise,
And, joys angelic sharing, Be where our treasure lies:
There may each heart be found! Where Jesus Christ has entered,
There let our Hope be centered; Our course still heav'nward bound.
Verse 5
May we, His servants, thither In heart and mind ascend,
And let us sing together: "We seek Thee, Christ, our friend,
Thee, God's exalted Son, our Life, and Way to Heaven,
To whom all pow'r is given, our Joy and Hope and Crown."
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