I first sang this in a chapel service at Trinity Lutheran Seminary. It’s another Fanny Crosby hymn with a tune by W. How?ard Doane. It’s mentioned as a possible hymn for this Sunday in Year C on the Episcopal hymn site and as the Episcopalians are as finicky as I am about using the A-word/H-word during Lent, I’ll go with it.
To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.
(HT: Net Hymnal)
I’m glad I found a good version of it on YouTube — I thought I would have to search through a bunch of icky ones before I found one that wasn’t stupid-sounding.