Author: Henry Montagu Butler, 1833-1918 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #395 (2000) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: 'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord to thee Lyrics: 1 'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee;
here at thy feet none other may we see:
'Lift up your hearts!' E'en so, with one accord,
we lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.
2 Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame,
the deeds, the thoughts, that honour may not name,
the halting tongue that dares not tell the whole,
O Lord of truth, lift ev'ry Christian soul.
3 Lift ev'ry gift that thou thyself hast giv'n:
low lies the best till lifted up to heav'n;
low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain,
till, sent from God, they mount to God again.
4 Then, as the trumpet-call, in after years,
'Lift up your hearts!' rings pealing in our ears,
still shall those hearts respond, with full accord,
'We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!'
Topics: Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Offertory Hymn; Year B Proper 8 Languages: English Tune Title: WOODLANDS
Lift up your hearts!