| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Original Hymns for Public, Private, and Social Devotion (1853).
I. “Songs of praise” | | By James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | | SONGS of praise the angels sang, | |
| Heaven with Hallelujahs rang, | |
| When Jehovah’s work begun, | |
| When He spake, and it was done. | |
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| Songs of praise awoke the morn, | 5 |
| When the Prince of Peace was born; | |
| Songs of praise arose when He | |
| Captive led captivity. | |
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| Heaven and earth must pass away, | |
| Songs of praise shall crown that day; | 10 |
| God will make new heavens, new earth, | |
| Songs of praise shall hail their birth. | |
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| And can man alone be dumb, | |
| Till that glorious kingdom come? | |
| No! the Church delights to raise | 15 |
| Psalms and hymns and songs of praise. | |
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| Saints below, with heart and voice, | |
| Still in songs of praise rejoice; | |
| Learning here, by faith and love, | |
| Songs of praise to sing above. | 20 |
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| Borne upon their latest breath, | |
| Songs of praise shall conquer death; | |
| Then, amidst eternal joy, | |
| Songs of praise their powers employ. | | | | |
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