A devotion in 24 days – Day 10.

Praise Him, Praise Him – Fanny Crosby 1869

Scripture:

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

Matthew 21:9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Blind since she was 6 months old, Fanny Crosby was a prolific writer of poems and prose. Her hymns first appeared in1864 in a collection made for Sunday school entitled Golden Censer. All told, Crosby wrote over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs and by the end of the 19th century was a household name in America with over 100 million copies of her hymns having been published. She is today known as the Mother of modern congregational singing in America’.

1 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim!
Hail him, hail him! Highest archangels in glory!
Strength and honor give to his holy name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children.
In his arms he carries them all day long.

Refrain:

Praise him! Praise him! tell of his excellent greatness.
Praise him! Praise him! ever in  joyful song.

2 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
For our sins, he suffered, and bled, and died.
He our rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
hail him, hail him! Jesus, the crucified.
Sound his praises, Jesus who bore our sorrows,
love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong.

3 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever!
Crown him, crown him! prophet, and priest, and king!
Christ is coming, over the world victorious.
Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong.