Hymns: All Glory, Laud and Honour

I’ve been exploring some of the very modern worship songs as an old guy 😀. But now, I’ve decided to alternate between very modern hymns, old hymns, and in-between hymns, namely the worship songs from the 60s to the 90s that feature in hymnbooks such as Mission Praise. Today it’s the turn of the old hymns.

Today’s song is All Glory, Laud and Honour from 820.

All Glory, Laud and Honour

Lyrics

1 All glory, laud, and honor
to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
You are the King of Israel
and David’s royal Son,
now in the Lord’s name coming,
the King and Blessed One.

2 The company of angels
is praising you on high;
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
with palms before you went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before you we present.

3 To you before your passion
they sang their hymns of praise;
to you, now high exalted,
our melody we raise.
As you received their praises,
accept the prayers we bring,
for you delight in goodness,
O good and gracious King!

This one is often sung on Palm Sunday in traditional churches – remembering the triumphal entry of Jesus to Jerusalem on the week before He was crucified.

Even when I was young and trendy, I still liked the old hymns. Some of my Christian friends saw them as too “churchy”. They preferred the hippy stuff. This might be the oldest hymn that I ever posted – all the way back to 820 AD. It was written by Theodulf, who was a bishop and poet under Charlemagne. Theodulf was later imprisoned by Louis the Pious. Maybe I shouldn’t have posted it. I risk being imprisoned by Louis the Pious too 😱, but maybe no-one will tell him that I posted it 😀.

Anyway, if Louis the Pious leaves me alone, I’ll be happy to point him to other people who sing Theodulf’s hymn 😀: