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PSALM 118. v. 24–26. Fourth Part. (C. M.) Hosanna; the Lord's Day; or, Christ's Resurrection and our Salvation.

I

This is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own;
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.

II

To-day he rose and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;
To-day the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.

III

Hosanna to th'anointed King,
To David's holy Son:
Help us, O Lord; descend and bring
Salvation from the throne.

IV

Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of grace;
Who comes in God his Father's name
To save our sinful race.

V

Hosanna in the highest strains
The church on earth can raise;
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

See the notes on the foregoing and following hymns.

 

This is the day wherein Christ fulfilled his fufferings, and rose from the dead, and has honoured it with his own name. Rev. i. 10. The Lord's Day.

This verse is explained, Matt. xxi. 9. Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. The word Hosanna signifies, Save, we beseech.

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