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Lyrics
Part I:
Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle,
sing the last, the dread affray;
o'er the cross, the victor's trophy,
sound the high triumphal lay,
how, the pains of death enduring,
earth's Redeemer won the day.
When at length the appointed fulness
of the sacred time was come,
he was sent, the world's Creator,
from the Father's heavenly home,
and was found in human fashion,
offspring of the virgin's womb.
Now the thirty years are ended
which on earth he willed to see,
willingly he meets his passion,
born to set his people free;
on the cross the Lamb is lifted,
there the sacrifice to be.
There the nails and spear He suffers,
vinegar and gall and reed;
from His sacred body piercèd
blood and water both proceed:
precious flood, which all creation
from the stain of sin hath freed.
Part II:
Faithful Cross, above all other,
one and only noble Tree,
none in foliage, none in blossom,
none in fruit thy peer may be;
sweet the wood, and sweet the iron,
and thy load, most sweet is he.
Bend, O lofty Tree, thy branches,
thy too rigid sinews bend;
and awhile the stubborn hardness,
which thy birth bestowed, suspend;
and the limbs of heaven's high Monarch
gently on thine arms extend.
Thou alone wast counted worthy
this world's Ransom to sustain,
that a shipwrecked race for ever
might a port of refuge gain,
with the sacred Blood anointed
of the Lamb for sinners slain.
May be sung at end of either part:
Praise and honor to the Father,
praise and honor to the Son,
praise and honor to the Spirit,
ever Three and ever One:
one in might, and One in glory,
while eternal ages run.
Historical Notes
Author
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Music
Other Comments
Sources
Hymnals
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
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| Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874
| # 289
| Pange lingua
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| The Year of Praise, 1867
| #
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| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
| #
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| The Sarum Hymnal, 1869
| #
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| The Parish Hymnal, 1870
| #
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| The Church Hymnal (US), 1871-1874
| #
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| Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874
| #
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| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
| #
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| # 97
| Pange lingua
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| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
| #
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| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
| #
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| The Mission Hymnal, 1885
| #
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| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
| #
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| # 98
| Oriel
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| # 98
| Pange lingua
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| # 98
| Pange lingua
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| # 98
| Holy Week
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| # 98
| Praelium
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| # 98
| Pange lingua, Praelium
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| The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900
| #
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| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
| #
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| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
| # 136 I
| Oriel, Pange lingua
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
| # 107
| Pange lingua, Werde Licht
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| The English Hymnal, 1906
| # 95
| Pange lingua
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| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
| # 131
| Oriel, Pange lingua
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| The Mission Hymnal, 1913
| #
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| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
| #
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| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| #
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
| #
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| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| #
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| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
| #
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| Songs of Praise, 1925
| # 84
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| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931
| # 129
| Grafton, Pange lingua
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| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
| # 129,830
| Oriel, Pange lingua
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| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
| # 66
| Pange lingua
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| Christian Worship, 1941
| #
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| # 97
| Pange lingua
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| The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955
| #
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
| # 112
| Grafton, Pange lingua
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| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
| # 161
| Grafton, Pange lingua
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| The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada)
| # 446
| Oriel, Pange lingua
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| The Australian Hymn Book, 1977
| # 249
| Pange lingua, Picardy
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| The Hymnal 1982 (US)
| # 165,166
| Pange lingua
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983
| # 59
| Pange lingua, St. Thomas (Webbe)
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| The New English Hymnal, 1985
| # 78
| Pange lingua
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| Hymns for Today's Church, 1987
| #
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| Church Family Worship, 1988
| # 142
| Grafton (2nd Edition), Pange lingua
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| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996
| # 446
| Pange lingua, St. Thomas (Webbe)
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| Common Praise (Canada), 1998
| # 185
| Oriel
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| Together in Song (Australia), 1999
| # 331
| Pange lingua
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| Sing Glory, 1999
| # 387
| Grafton
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| Complete Mission Praise, 2000
| #
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| Common Praise, 2000
| # 121
| Pange lingua
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| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000
| # 602
| Pange lingua, St. Thomas (Webbe)
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000
| # 241
| Grafton, Pange lingua
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| The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (Scotland), 2005
| #
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| The Book of Hymns, 2006
| #
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| Zion Still Sings, 2007
| #
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