English poem
Angels and Christians united in CHRIST as their common Head. Coloss. ii. 10
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Hail to Emanuel's ever-honour'd Name! Spread it, ye Angels, thro' Heav'n's sacred Frame. Ye scepter'd Cherubim, before his Throne, And flaming Seraphim, bow humbly down. He is your Head; With prostrate Awe adore him, And lay with Joy your radiant Crowns before him.
Array'd in his refulgent Beams ye shine, And draw Existence from his Source divine; Grateful ye wait the Signal of his Hand, Honour'd too highly by his least Command: In him th' indwelling Deity admiring, And to his brighter Image still aspiring.
Mortals with you in chearful Homage join, And bring their Anthems to Emanuel's Shrine; Mean as we are, with Sins and Griefs beset, We glory, that in him we are compleat. He is our Head, and we with you adore him, And pour our wants, our joys, our hearts before him.
We sing the Blood, that ransom'd us from Hell; We sing the Graces, that in Jesus dwell; Led by his Spirit, guarded by his Hand, Our Hopes anticipate your goodly Land; Still his incarnate Deity admiring, And with Heav'ns Hierarchy in Praise conspiring.
More by Philip Doddridge
- Against following a Multitude to do Evil. Exodus XXIII. 2
- An Evening HYMN, to be used when composing oneself to sleep
- An Hymn for a Fast-Day in Time of War
- An immediate Attention to GOD's Voice required. Heb. iii. 15
- Appeal to CHRIST for the Sincerity of Love to him. John xxi. 15
- Asking the Way to Zion, in order to joining in Covenant with GOD. Jerem. l. 5
- Backsliding Israel invited to return to GOD. Jerem. iii. 12, 13
- Bearing the Image of the earthy and the heavenly Adam. 1 Cor. xv. 49