So Lowly Doth The Savior Ride

"And those who went before and those who

followed cried out, with a great cry of happiness,

Hosanna! Be graciously inclined and propitious to Him!

Praised and blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!

Praised and blessed in the name of the Lord is the coming kingdom

of our father David!  Hosanna! O save us in the highest heaven!

Mark 11:9-10

So lowly doth the Savior ride

A paltry borrowed beast,

Nor pomp, nor show, nor lofty pride,

Nor boast above the least.

His scepter is His kindliness,

His grandeur is His grace,

His royalty is holiness,

And love is in His face.

'Tis thus the great Messiah came

To break the tyrants' will,

To heal the people of their shame,

And nobleness instill.

Ride on, O King, ride on Your way,

While men of low degree

Exalt and usher in the day

Of peace we long to see.

"So Lowly Doth The Savior Ride"

Almer T. Pennewell

(1875-1969)

American Methodist Episcopal pastor 

and hymn writer