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Hosanna to the living Lord
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns
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Hosanna to the living Lord by Joseph Barnby — Lyrics
Hosanna to the living Lord!
Hosanna to the th’Incarnate Word!
To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King,
Let earth, let heaven, hosanna sing.
R: Hosanna Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
O Saviour, with protecting care,
Abide in this Thy house of prayer,
Where we Thy parting promise claim,
Assembled in Thy sacred name.
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About Hosanna to the living Lord
Joseph Barnby's Hosanna to the living Lord is a setting of a stirring English hymn text for SATB choir. The words invoke praise to Christ as Creator, Saviour and King, and also offer a prayer for the Holy Spirit to dwell within the singers, making their souls a temple pure. The text builds towards a future hope of joining the sound of praise again in the last days. Barnby's music, in the tradition of 19th-century English hymnody, would have been crafted to support this devotional message, offering a congregational or choral anthem of fervent praise and supplication.
