Hymn 259 - rewritten (Hope of Israel)

Much of my life, I liked to play with songs, changing the words to them. At church our opening hymn was “Hope of Israel”. I saw that it was saying people were the “hope of Israel” - I always thought it was Jesus. Anyway, as I read the hymn with new eyes I felt the inspiration to put new words to the tune (you may use them freely):

Verse 1:

Hope of Israel, Je - sus Christ,

Sa - vior of the hum - ble heart,

See, the Spi - rit sig - nals on - ward,

And the hum - ble seek the Lord.

Verse 2:

See our sins, they fall be - hind us

As we view the sac - ri - fice.

Hope of Israel, please be with us,

So the vic - t'ry we will win.

Verse 3:

Live for Zion, Love for - e - ver.

Bring our souls to God a - bove.

Ev - 'ry kind - ness leads to hea - ven

Ev - 'ry step we con - q'ring go.

Verse 4:

Soon the bat - tles will be o - ver,

Where will you, o man, then stand?

On -ward, on - ward, souls re - pent - ing,

Thy re - ward the vic - tor's crown.

Chorus:

Hope of Is -rael, Je - sus Christ

With the sword of truth and light,

Sound the love - cry, “Watch and pray!”

Bring your soul to Christ to - day.

I may see if I can find some lyrics I have written in the past and put them on my other blog. It might be fun to make new lyrics to a song every week and put in on there. (I'm not making any promises.)