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Posted By: wysiwyg
11-Apr-07 - 04:28 PM
Thread Name: Celebratory Folkie Lenten Music
Subject: ADD: WHEN JESUS LEFT HIS FATHER'S THRONE
Palm Sunday choices fell to hardi because he picked them last year when I was absent, and we re-uised them this year because the readings were the same.
"When Jesus Left His Father's Throne" is from our ECUSA 1982 hymnal (tune = Star of the County Down). Here's the Cyberhymnal text.
~Susan
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WHEN JESUS LEFT HIS FATHER'S THRONE
Words: James Montgomery, 1816, alt. This hymn was written for the Hallam Sunday School, near Sheffield, England. Music: Kingsfold, English melody; arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.
Christ Jesus... being in very nature God... made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant. Philippians 2:6-7
1. When Jesus left His Father's throne,
He chose a humble birth;
Like us, unhonored and unknown,
He came to dwell on earth.
Like Him may we be found below,
In wisdom's path of peace;
Like Him in grace and knowledge grow,
As years and strength increase.
2. Sweet were His words and kind His look,
When mothers round Him pressed;
Their infants in His arms He took,
And on His bosom blessed.
Safe from the world's alluring harms,
Beneath His watchful eye,
Thus in the circle of His arms
May we forever lie.
3. When Jesus into Zion rode,
The children sang around;
For joy they plucked the palms and strewed
Their garments on the ground.
Hosanna our glad voices raise,
Hosanna to our King!
Should we forget our Savior's praise,
The stones themselves would sing.
SH