Monday, June 05, 2023

Rejoice! The Lord is king!

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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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