The phrase "ascending" resonates through 14 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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I see angels ascending, descending
On a stairway from heaven to earth....
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I see angels ascending, descending
On a stairway from heaven to earth.
...Round Him, as He rises, raise
Your ascending Savior’s praise.
Bruisèd is the serpent’s head,...
Round Him, as He rises, raise
Your ascending Savior’s praise.
Bruisèd is the serpent’s head,
...It is found at mercy’s gate.
Up the hill ascending ever,
With our eyes upon the goal,...
It is found at mercy’s gate.
Up the hill ascending ever,
With our eyes upon the goal,
...Which Thy love hath won for me,
In my heart and mind ascending,
My glad spirit follows Thee....
Which Thy love hath won for me,
In my heart and mind ascending,
My glad spirit follows Thee.
...Which Thy love hath won for me,
In my heart and mind ascending,
My glad spirit follows Thee....
Which Thy love hath won for me,
In my heart and mind ascending,
My glad spirit follows Thee.
...As ye today have seen Him go;
In glorious pomp ascending high,
Up to the portals of the sky....
As ye today have seen Him go;
In glorious pomp ascending high,
Up to the portals of the sky.
...Let our glad thanksgivings be—
To Thy throne, O lord, ascending—
Incense of our hearts to Thee....
Let our glad thanksgivings be—
To Thy throne, O lord, ascending—
Incense of our hearts to Thee.
...In the praises of our Lord;
Notes so sweet to Heav’n ascending,
Angel voices might accord....
In the praises of our Lord;
Notes so sweet to Heav’n ascending,
Angel voices might accord.
...Alleluia, Alleluia.
In glorious pomp ascending high
Up to the portals of the sky....
Alleluia, Alleluia.
In glorious pomp ascending high
Up to the portals of the sky.
...So with Mary’s gladness blending,
Let our thankfulness ascending
Scale high Heav’n in sweet contending...
So with Mary’s gladness blending,
Let our thankfulness ascending
Scale high Heav’n in sweet contending
...Sinner, O sinner, beware!
Many redeemed ones now are ascending
Into the mansions of light;...
Sinner, O sinner, beware!
Many redeemed ones now are ascending
Into the mansions of light;
...I proclaim a Savior nigh.
Thus the angel, then ascending,
Seeks again the realms of light;...
I proclaim a Savior nigh.
Thus the angel, then ascending,
Seeks again the realms of light;
...He rises, and appears a God:
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die!...
He rises, and appears a God:
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die!
...Where He suffered, where He died,
Bursts of holy praise ascending,
Greet the glorious Crucified....
Where He suffered, where He died,
Bursts of holy praise ascending,
Greet the glorious Crucified.
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