Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Jesus shall reign where o'er the sun
Topic: Praise
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 188
Page Number: 213, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus shall reign where e'er the sun
Does his successive journies run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Behold the nations with their kings:
There Europe her best tribute brings,
From north to south the princes meet,
To pay their homage at his feet,
There Persia, glorious to behold,
And India, shine in eastern gold,
While western empires own the Lord,
And savage tribes attend his word.
Thro' him shall endless pray'r be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His name like sweet perfumes shall rise
With ev'ry morning sacrifice.
People and realms of ev'ry tongue,
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim,
Their early blessings on his name.
Blessings abound where e'er he reigns,
The joyful pris'ner bursts his chains,
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
Where he displays his healing pow'r,
Death and the curse are known no more;
In him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their Father lost.
Let ev'ry creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud - Amen.