Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-31
Great lynne and Cbeir Huthors
All Hail the power Of Jesus Name.

All Hail the Power OF Jesus Name.
All hail the power of Jesus name!
Let angels PROSTATE fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Ye chosen seed of Israefs race,
Ye}ransomed from the fall.
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Let every kindred, every tribe
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lord of all.
o. that, with yonder sacred throng,
We at His feet may fall,
Well join the everlasting song
And crown Him Lord of all.
Some so years ago William Dawson
Familiarity called BILLY" Dawson. an
eccentric Yorkshire farmer of great
refinement and disposed to irrevel.
ence at times, but man of UNI
doubted genius, was preaching in the
city of London on the divine offices OF
Christ. Many went to hear him. His
audiences We're large, and his power
over them remarkable. This was
due to his brilliant imagination and
to the boldness with which he put his
conception before his auditors. He
was preaching of Christ as teacher
and priest, and setting forth his glory
as king in his own right over saints
and angels. AS the idea developed in
his mind he drew vivid picture of
a coronation scene, with Christ as the
central figure. He painted word pic
ture of the splendor of the moving
pageantry, prophets and patriarchs,
apostles and martyrs, kings and
queens, people of every class, high
and low, rich and poor, all moving
forward to join in the coronation OF
the Master. Then he brought in his
climax and startled his audience by
suspending his description and sud.
denly breaking out in powerful song
with this verse:
All hail the power of Jesus name,
Let the angels PROSTATE fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him Lord of ALL
The great crowd rose simultaneous
ly to its feet and joined in the hymn,
increasing in vocal fervor and STIR
ring enthusiasm as verse followed
verse. The incident became historical
in the annals of the church.
This hymn has become the English
Te Deum. 1t was written by Edward
Perronet, born at Shoreham, England
August 2, 1921, died January 2, 1892.
He was the son of Rev. Vincent Per-
ronet, vicar of Shoreham, who was a
close friend of the Wesleys. In 1746
the hymn writer was preaching the
Methodist doctrine, and in 1850
CHARLES Wesley mentions him in his
diary. In 1873, at the age of So, Per-
ronet wrote this immortal song, and
it was first published in the Gospel
Magazine in 1880 without signature.
Not until five years later was it
known that Perronet was the author.
For some time the personal antipathy
OF the Wesleys kept this hymn out of
the Methodist collection, but it "got
there" after while as it has got into
all other protestant hymnals, and it
will always remain in them all.
An amusing anecdote is told of how
Perronet got the better of Wesley in
a bit of strategy on one occasion.
There appeared to be some feeling
between the two men. Wesley had
long wished to hear Perronet preach.
The latter knew this, and he was just
as anxious that Wesley should not
hear him. One evening when Wesley
was preaching in London he discov-
cred Perronet in his audience. With.
out consulting his auditor Wesley au-
dacIously announced that Rev. Edward
Perronet would preach from that pull.
pit at O'Clock the next morning.
This offended Perronet, but nevertne-
less he was on hand promptly on time,
and after announcing that he was ap-
pearlng contrary to his own wish. and
without having been asked, he said
that still, out of respect for Mr.. Yves.
ley, and albeit he felt weak and mad
equate, he would furnish them a