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Text: | Rejoice, the Lord Is King! |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Tune: | DARWALL’S 148TH |
Composer: | John Darwall |
Composer (descant): | Sydney Hugo Nicholson |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks, and sing,
and triumph evermore.
Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
2 Our Savior, Jesus, reigns,
the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our stains,
he took his seat above.
Lift up your heart; 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 heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
4 Rejoice in glorious hope!
For Christ, the Judge, shall come
and gather all the saints
to their eternal home.
Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Rejoice, the Lord is King! |
Title: | Rejoice, the Lord Is King! |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1746, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Lift up your heart; lift up your voice! |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Reign of Christ; Christ's Return and Judgment; Hope(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DARWALL’S 148TH |
Composer: | John Darwall (1770) |
Composer (descant): | Sydney Hugo Nicholson (20th cent.) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.8.8 |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Desc. © 1985 Hymns Ancient & Modern (admin. Hope Publishing Company) |
Each stanza of this enthronement text prepares for the final line of the refrain, based on Philippians 4:4. “Lord” is here a title of Christ rather than a reference to the undivided Trinity. The late 18th-century tune (first used with Psalm 148) captures the mood well.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |