Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus!

Hail, Thou once de-spis-ed Je-sus! Hail, Thou Gal-i-le-an King! Thou didst suf-fer to re-lease us; Thou didst free sal-va-tion bring. Hail, Thou ag-o-niz-ing Sav-ior, Bear-er of our sin and shame! By Thy mer-its we find fa-vor; Life is giv-en through Thy name. Pas-chal Lamb, by God ap-point-ed, All our sins on Thee were laid; By al-might-y love a-noint-ed, Thou hast full a-tone-ment made. All Thy peo-ple are for-giv-en Through the vir-tue of Thy blood; O-pened is the gate of heav-en; Peace is made 'twixt man and God. Je-sus, hail! en-throned in glo-ry, There for-ev-er to a-bide; All the heaven-ly hosts a-dore Thee, Seat-ed at Thy Fa-ther's side. There for sin-ners Thou art plead-ing; There Thou dost our place pre-pare; Ev-er for us in-ter-ced-ing Till in glo-ry we ap-pear. Wor-ship, hon-or, power and bless-ing Thou art wor-thy to re-ceive, Loud-est prais-es, with-out ceas-ing, Meet it is for us to give. Help, ye bright an-gel-ic spir-its, Bring your sweet-est, no-blest lays; Help to sing our Sav-ior's mer-its, Help to chant Em-man-uel's praise!