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Hymn 728

John Wesley

“Hymn 728” as printed in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1876) (1876).

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This text comes from A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1876), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

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No. 728 in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists

Verse 2

Earth, rejoice, our Lord is King!

Sons of men, his praises sing;

Sing ye in triumphant strains,

Jesus the Messiah reigns!

Power is all to Jesus given,

Lord of hell, and earth, and heaven,

Every knee to him shall bow;

Satan, hear, and tremble now!

Angels and archangels join,

All triumphantly combine,

All in Jesu's praise agree,

Carrying on his victory.

Though the sons of night blaspheme,

More there are with us than them;

God with us, we cannot fear;

Fear, ye fiends, for Christ is here!

Lo! to faith's enlightened sight,

All the mountain flames with light,

Hell is nigh, but God is nigher,

Circling us with hosts of fire.

Christ the Saviour is come down,

Points us to the victor's crown,

Bids us take our seats above,

More than conquerors in his love.

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Written by John Wesley

Words by John Wesley. Historical text published in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1876) (1876); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1876) (1876), “Hymn 728”

The hymns in this 1876 Methodist collection are by John Wesley (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788); both died more than 230 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide; the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination.

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