Lord, When Thou Didst Ascend on High HAMBURG—Composer Unknown (arr. Lowell Mason) Lord, When Thou Didst Ascend on High 1 Lord, when thou didst ascend on high, Ten thousand angels filled the sky: Those heavenly guards around thee wait, Like chariots that attend thy state. 2 Not Sinai’s mountain could appear More glorious when the Lord was there; while he pronounced his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of