The Resurrection & Ascension of Christ.

Sir Isaac Watts is a talented writer.  Now some of you may be thinking that my grammar is a bit off.  I used the present tense for a man who has been dead for quite some time.  However, while his body died here on earth he is alive and well with Christ!  As are all those who have put their faith in Jesus before us!  He has written many a hymn that is still used in worship in congregations to this day.  He wrote so many hymns that there are more than enough to sing a different hymn of his every day of the year and not run out.  However, he is probably best known for classics such as Joy to the World and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.  However, there is another hymn that I would like to turn your attention to today.  It is one that I believe is worthy of more attention than it receives.  It speaks to the triumph of Jesus over death.  Even more it ends with praising Him as the King of Life!  I guess the only other thing I have to say is...HE IS RISEN!!!

The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ by Sir Isaac Watts

    Hosannah to the Prince of light,

      That clothed himself in clay,

    Entered the iron gates of death,

      And tore the bars away.

    Death is no more the king of dread,

      Since our Immanuel rose;

    He took the tyrant’s sting away,

      And spoiled our hellish foes.

    See how the Conqueror mounts aloft,

      And to his Father flies,

    With scars of honor in his flesh

      And triumph in his eyes.

    There our exalted Savior reigns,

      And scatters blessings down;

    Our Jesus fills the middle seat

      Of the celestial throne.

    [Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,

      To reach his blest abode;

    Sweet be the accents of your songs

      To our incarnate God.

    Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,

      Your sweetest voices raise

    Let heav’n and all created things

      Sound our Immanuel’s praise.]