Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Hail to the Prince of Life and Peace
Topic: Christ/His Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Park Street
Hymn Number: 69
Page Number: 028, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHail to the Prince of life and Peace,
Who holds the keys of death and hell;
The spacious world unseen is his,
The sovereign power becomes him well.
In shame and anguish once he died;
But now he lives for evermore;
Bow down, you saints, around his seat,
And all you angel bands adore;
Live, live forever, glorious Lord,
To crush thy foes and guard thy friends,
While all thy chosen tribes rejoice
That thy dominion never ends.
Worthy thy hand to hold the keys,
Guided by wisdom and by love;
Worthy to rule our mortal lives,
O'er worlds below and worlds above.
Forever reign, victorious King!
Wide through the earth thy name be known;
And call our longing souls to sing
Sublimer anthems near thy throne.