Hymns · 1762

We sing as in those earliest days

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled “She shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.”—[Hosea] ii. 15. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 74.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Exodus 14:21-22 Hosea 2:15 Hebrews 11:28-29

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Exodus 12:13-14 Exodus 12:51 Exodus 13:3 Exodus 15:1 John 20:22 I Corinthians 10:1-2 Ephesians 2:6 Colossians 3:1-3 Hebrews 2:14-15 Hebrews 12:24 I Peter 1:2

Lyrics

Verse 1
We sing as in those earliest days, (Hosea 2:15)
That rapt’rous infancy of grace,
When first we felt the sprinkled blood, (Ex. 12:13-14, Heb. 11:28, Heb. 12:24, I Pet. 1:2)
Exulting out of Egypt came, (Hosea 2:15, Ex. 12:51, Ex. 13:3, Ex. 15:1)
And shouting our Redeemer’s name,
Triumphant pass’d the parted flood: (Ex. 14:21-22, I Cor. 10:1-2, Heb. 11:29)

Verse 2
Jesus the Lord again we sing,
Who did to us salvation bring,
And now repeats our sins forgiven;
We now his glorious Spirit breathe, (John 20:22)
Tread down the fear of hell and death, (Heb. 2:14-15)
And live on earth the life of heaven. (Eph. 2:6, Col. 3:1-3)