ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS NAME – EMHB 91
Author: Edward Perronet (1726-1792)
Scripture Rederence: Revelation 19 : 12, 16
Introduction:
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power; for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure, they are and were created” (Rev. 4 : 11).
This Hymn is often called the “National Anthem of Christendom”. This text has been translated into almost every language where Christianity is known and wherever it is sung, it communicates to the spiritual needs of human hearts. One writer has said, “So long as there are Christians on earth, it will continue to be sung; and after that, in heaven”.
Edward Perronet was born at Sundridge, Kent, England in 1726 a descendant of a distinguished French Huguenot family who had fled to Switzerland and later to England because of the religious persecution in France.
Edward became a Minister in the Anglican Church but always critical of his ways. He once wrote “I was born and I am likely to die in the tottering communion of the Church of England, but I despite her nonsense”. Soon, he broke from the Church and threw himself into the evangelistic endeavours of the Wesley’s during the 1740’s and 1750’s. This was when the Wesley’s and their followers suffered much persecution and even violence from those who disagreed with their ministry.
An interesting account regarding the relationship between the Wesley’s and Perronet was when John Wesley announced to a congregation that Edward Perronet would peach at the next service. Desiring to avoid a public conflict with Wesley, Perronet mounted the pulpit but quickly explained that he had never consented to preach. However, he added “I shall deliver the greatest sermon that has ever been preached on earth. He then read the sermon on the mount and sat down without a comment.
Perronet left the Wesley’s due to some misunderstanding and became a Pastor of an Independent Church at Canterbury, England.
Many interesting accounts have been associated with the use of this Hymn. E. P. Scott, a pioneer missionary to Indian said he was waylaid by a murderous band of tribesmen on impulse he took his violin and began to play and sung this Hymn when he reached the stanza “Let every kindred, every tribe”, he saw to his surprise every spear lowered and many of these tribesmen moved to tears. God in his providence used this simple Hymn as a means of introducing the gospel to a group of needy Pagans.
EMHB 91
All hail the power of Jesu’s name;
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem
To crown Him Lord of all.
Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol Him in whose path ye trod,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Sinners! Whose love can ne’er forget
The wormwood and the gall;
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Let every tribe and every tongue
Before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song
The crowned Lord of all.
O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall,
Join in the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all!
Author: Edward Perronet (1726-1792)
Scripture Rederence: Revelation 19 : 12, 16
Introduction:
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power; for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure, they are and were created” (Rev. 4 : 11).
This Hymn is often called the “National Anthem of Christendom”. This text has been translated into almost every language where Christianity is known and wherever it is sung, it communicates to the spiritual needs of human hearts. One writer has said, “So long as there are Christians on earth, it will continue to be sung; and after that, in heaven”.
Edward Perronet was born at Sundridge, Kent, England in 1726 a descendant of a distinguished French Huguenot family who had fled to Switzerland and later to England because of the religious persecution in France.
Edward became a Minister in the Anglican Church but always critical of his ways. He once wrote “I was born and I am likely to die in the tottering communion of the Church of England, but I despite her nonsense”. Soon, he broke from the Church and threw himself into the evangelistic endeavours of the Wesley’s during the 1740’s and 1750’s. This was when the Wesley’s and their followers suffered much persecution and even violence from those who disagreed with their ministry.
An interesting account regarding the relationship between the Wesley’s and Perronet was when John Wesley announced to a congregation that Edward Perronet would peach at the next service. Desiring to avoid a public conflict with Wesley, Perronet mounted the pulpit but quickly explained that he had never consented to preach. However, he added “I shall deliver the greatest sermon that has ever been preached on earth. He then read the sermon on the mount and sat down without a comment.
Perronet left the Wesley’s due to some misunderstanding and became a Pastor of an Independent Church at Canterbury, England.
Many interesting accounts have been associated with the use of this Hymn. E. P. Scott, a pioneer missionary to Indian said he was waylaid by a murderous band of tribesmen on impulse he took his violin and began to play and sung this Hymn when he reached the stanza “Let every kindred, every tribe”, he saw to his surprise every spear lowered and many of these tribesmen moved to tears. God in his providence used this simple Hymn as a means of introducing the gospel to a group of needy Pagans.
EMHB 91
All hail the power of Jesu’s name;
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem
To crown Him Lord of all.
Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol Him in whose path ye trod,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Sinners! Whose love can ne’er forget
The wormwood and the gall;
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Let every tribe and every tongue
Before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song
The crowned Lord of all.
O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall,
Join in the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all!
Adesegun Akitoye
http://www.repeatrichrelief.com
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