79 Old Ship of Zion

p.79

Tune: The Old Ship of Zion, arr Thomas W Carter, 1844

Text: unknown, traditional, etc

What ship is this that will take us all home,
O glory hallelujah,
And safely land us on Canaan’s bright shore?
O glory hallelujah.

Chorus: ’Tis the old ship of Zion, hallelu, hallelu, 'Tis the old ship of Zion, hallelujah!

The winds may blow and the billows may foam,
O, glory hallelujah,
But she is able to land us all home.
O glory hallelujah.

She landed all who have gone before,
Oh, glory hallelujah,
And yet she is able to land still more,
O glory hallelujah.

If I arrive there, then, before you do,
Oh, glory hallelujah,
I’ll tell them that you are coming up, too,
O glory hallelujah.

292 Behold the Saviour

p. 292

Tune: Behold the Savior, Paine Denson 1935

Text: Samuel Wesley Sr, 1700

Behold the Savior of mankind
nailed to the shameful tree;
how vast the love that him inclined
to bleed and die for thee!

Hark how he groans! while nature shakes,
and earth's strong pillars bend!
The temple's veil in sunder reads,
the solid marbles rend.

'This done! the precious ransom's paid!
"Receive my soul!" he cries;
see where he bows his sacred head!
He bows his head and dies!

But soon he'll break death's envious chain
and in full glory shine.
O Lamb of God, was ever pain,
was ever love like thine?

291 The Lord descended from above

p. 291

Tune: Majesty, William Billings 1778

Text: Thomas Sternhold, 1549 (incomplete here)

1 The Lord descended from above,
And bow'd the heavens most high,
And underneath His feet He cast,
The darkness of the sky.

2 On cherubs and on cherubims,
Full royally He rode,
And on the wings of mighty winds,
Came flying all abroad.