{"id":2457,"date":"2012-03-14T09:17:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T13:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/euangelion\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2012-03-14T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T21:19:18","slug":"hail-to-the-lords-anointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/euangelion\/2012\/03\/hail-to-the-lords-anointed\/","title":{"rendered":"“Hail to the Lord’s Anointed”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Recently I came across a hymn by James Montgomery <\/a><\/strong>(4 November 1771 \u2013 30 April 1854). Montgomery was a British editor, hymnwriter and poet. He was particularly associated with humanitarian causes such as the campaigns to abolish slavery and to end the exploitation of child chimney sweeps.<\/p>\n

He wrote an amazing hymn of praise to Jesus the Lord\u2019s Anointed (Messiah). It\u2019s rich with Davidic eschatological themes.<\/p>\n

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  1. Hail to the Lord\u2019s Anointed,<\/strong>
    \n great David\u2019s greater Son!<\/strong>
    \n Hail in the time appointed,<\/strong>
    \n his reign on earth begun!<\/strong>
    \n He comes to break oppression,<\/strong>
    \n to set the captive free;<\/strong>
    \n to take away transgression,<\/strong>
    \n and rule in equity.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. He comes with succor speedy<\/strong>
    \n to those who suffer wrong;<\/strong>
    \n to help the poor and needy,<\/strong>
    \n and bid the weak be strong;<\/strong>
    \n to give them songs for sighing,<\/strong>
    \n their darkness turn to light,<\/strong>
    \n whose souls, condemned and dying,<\/strong>
    \n are precious in his sight.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. He shall come down like showers<\/strong>
    \n upon the fruitful earth;<\/strong>
    \n love, joy, and hope, like flowers,<\/strong>
    \n spring in his path to birth.<\/strong>
    \n Before him on the mountains,<\/strong>
    \n shall peace, the herald, go,<\/strong>
    \n and righteousness, in fountains,<\/strong>
    \n from hill to valley flow.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. To him shall prayer unceasing<\/strong>
    \n and daily vows ascend;<\/strong>
    \n his kingdom still increasing,<\/strong>
    \n a kingdom without end.<\/strong>
    \n The tide of time shall never<\/strong>
    \n his covenant remove;<\/strong>
    \n his name shall stand forever;<\/strong>
    \n that name to us is love.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Update<\/em>:
    \nHere\u2019s a version of the song by Welcome Wagon<\/p>\n