Now Let Us Join with Hearts and Tongues

Man honored above angels by John Newton


 * Now let us join with hearts and tongues,
 * And emulate the angels’ songs;
 * Yea, sinners may address their King
 * In songs that angels cannot sing.


 * They praise the Lamb Who once was slain,
 * But we can add a higher strain;
 * Not only say, “He suffered thus,”
 * But that He suffered all for us.


 * When angels by transgression fell,
 * Justice consigned them all to hell;
 * But mercy formed a wondrous plan,
 * To save and honor fallen man.


 * Jesus, Who passed the angels by,
 * Assumed our flesh to bleed and die;
 * And still He makes it His abode,
 * As man, He fills the throne of God.


 * Our next of kin, our Brother now,
 * Is He to Whom the angels bow;
 * They join with us to praise His Name,
 * But we the nearest interest claim.


 * But ah! how faint our praises rise!
 * Sure, ’tis the wonder of the skies;
 * That we, who share His richest love,
 * So cold and unconcerned should prove.


 * O glorious hour, it comes with speed
 * When we from sin and darkness freed,
 * Shall see the God Who died for man,
 * And praise Him more than angels can.