Hallelujah, What a Saviour!
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Hallelujah, What a Saviour! is a hymn by Philip Bliss.[1] Some may know it by the first phrase "Man of Sorrows."
The words are:
"Man of Sorrows," what a name,
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Guilty, vile and helpless, we:
Spotless Lamb of God was He:
"Full atonement!" can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
"Lifted up" was He to die,
"It is finished," was His cry;
Now in heav'n exalted high:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew this song we'll sing:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
The hymn serves as an example of altering minor and major keys together with low- and high-pitched notes in articulation to respectively downcast and upbeat thoughts in the lyrics.
[edit] References
- Reynolds, William Jensen. (1964). Hymns of Our Faith. Nashville: Broadman Press. P. 119.
- Reynolds, William Jensen. (1976). Companion to Baptist Hymnal. Nashville: Broadman Press. Pp. 139-140. [ISBN 0-8054-6808-0]
- HALLELUJAH! WHAT A SAVIOR
