Rejoice evermore, and in everything give thanks.
REJOICE, the Lord is King; 
  
Your Lord and King adore; 
  
Mortals, give thanks and sing, 
  
And triumph evermore; 
  
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
   
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
2 Jesus, the Saviour, reigns, 
  
The God of truth and love; 
  
When he had purged our stains, 
  
He took his seat above; 
  
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
   
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
3 His kingdom cannot fail,—
  
He rules o’er earth and heaven; 
  
The keys of death and hell 
  
Are to our Jesus given; 
  
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
   
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.
4 He sits at God’s right hand 
  
Till all his foes submit, 
  
And bow to his command, 
  
And fall beneath his feet; 
  
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
  
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
5 He all his foes shall quell, 
  
And all our sins destroy; 
  
Let every bosom swell 
  
With pure seraphic joy; 
  
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
   
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
6 Rejoice in glorious hope, 
  
Jesus the Judge shall come, 
  
And take his servants up 
  
To their eternal home; 
  
We soon shall hear the’ archangel’s voice;
   
The trump of God shall sound,—Rejoice! 
                        
Charles Wesley 
                        
Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)
  
    <idle musing>
    One of my favorite hymns, although verses 4 and 5 are new to me, and verse 1 is a bit different and verse 6 has a different ending.
    </idle musing>
 

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