Sing, My Tongue (Schalk) Lyrics

Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle

Tell the triumph far and wide

Tell aloud the wondrous story

Of the cross, the Crucified

Tell how Christ, the world's redeemer

Vanquished death the day he died

God in mercy saw us fallen

Sunk in shame and misery

Felled to death in Eden's garden

Where in pride we claimed the tree

Then another tree was chosen

Which the world from death would free

Tell how, when at length the fullness

Of the appointed time was come

Christ, the Word, was born of woman

Left for us the heav'nly home

Blazed the path of true obedience

Shone as light amidst the gloom

Thirty years among us dwelling

Jesus went from Nazareth

Destined, dedicated, willing

Did his work, and met his death

Like a lamb he humbly yielded

On the cross his dying breath

Bend your boughs, O tree of glory

Your relaxing sinews bend

For a while the ancient rigor

That your birth bestowed, suspend

And the Lord of heav'nly beauty

Gently on your arms extend

Faithful cross, true sign of triumph

Be for all the noblest tree

None in foliage, none in blossom

None in fruit your equal be

Symbol of the world's redemption

For your burden makes us free

Unto God be praise and glory

To the Father and the Son

To the eternal Spirit honor

Now and evermore be done

Praise and glory in the highest

While the timeless ages run