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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
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About this Hymn
With a melody starting out like a fanfare this grand hymn of kingship exalts the God who is all-powerful. For he is all-powerful, watching over everything, in complete control of life and death. "The Lord is King! who then shall dare resist his will, distrust his care, or murmur at his wise decrees, or doubt his royal promises?"
Lyrics
Verse 1
The Lord is King! lift up thy voice, O earth, and all ye heav'ns, rejoice; from world to world the joy shall ring, "The Lord omnipotent is King!"
Verse 2
The Lord is King! who then shall dare resist his will, distrust his care, or murmur at his wise decrees, or doubt his royal promises?
Verse 3
He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains; your God is King, your Father reigns; and he is at the Father's side, the Man of love, the Crucified.
Verse 4
Alike pervaded by his eye all parts of his dominion lie: this world of ours and worlds unseen, and thine the boundary between!
Verse 5
One Lord one empire all secures; he reigns, and life and death are yours; through earth and heav'n one song shall ring, "The Lord omnipotent is King!"
The Lord is King! lift up thy voice, O earth, and all ye heav'ns, rejoice; from world to world the joy shall ring, "The Lord omnipotent is King!"
Verse 2
The Lord is King! who then shall dare resist his will, distrust his care, or murmur at his wise decrees, or doubt his royal promises?
Verse 3
He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains; your God is King, your Father reigns; and he is at the Father's side, the Man of love, the Crucified.
Verse 4
Alike pervaded by his eye all parts of his dominion lie: this world of ours and worlds unseen, and thine the boundary between!
Verse 5
One Lord one empire all secures; he reigns, and life and death are yours; through earth and heav'n one song shall ring, "The Lord omnipotent is King!"
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Josiah Conder, 1824
Music: James William Elliott, 1874
Music: James William Elliott, 1874