Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Hail to the Prince of Life
Topic: Christ's Coronation and Glory
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 2
Page Number: 086, 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 sov'reign power becomes him well.
In shame and torment once he died;
But now he lives for evermore;
Bow down, you saints, around his seat,
And all you angel bands, adore.
Live, live for ever, 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.
When death thy servants shall invade,
When pow'rs of hell thy church annoy,
Controll'd by thee, their rage shall aid
The cause they labor to destroy.
For ever reign, victorious King!
Wide through the earth thy name be known;
And call our longing souls to sing
Sublimer anthems near thy throne.