Come ye faithful raise the anthem

Come ye faithful raise the anthem 

1. Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem;

Cleave the skies with shouts of praise;

Sing to Him who brought salvation,

Wondrous in His works and ways;

God eternal, Word incarnate,

Whom the heaven of heavens

obeys.

2. Ere He raised the lofty mountains,

Form’d the sea, or spread the sky,

Love eternal, free and boundless,

Moved the Lord of life to die;

Foreordain’d the Prince of princes

For the throne of Calvary.

3. Now above the sapphire pavement,

High in unapproached light,

Lo, He lives and reigns for ever

Victor after hard-won fight!

Where the song of the redeemed

Rings unceasing day and night.

4. Yet this earth He still remembers,

Still by Him the flock are fed:

Yea, He gives them food immortal,

Gives Himself, the living bread;

Leads them where the precious fountain

From the smitten Rock is shed.