Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Hymns. IV. The Lord is KingJosiah Conder (17891855)
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O earth, and all ye heavens rejoice!
From world to world the joy shall ring:
The Lord Omnipotent is King.
Resist His will, distrust His care,
Or murmur at His wise decrees,
Or doubt His royal promises?
The Judge of all the earth is just:
Holy and true are all His ways;
Let every creature speak His praise.
Your God is King, your Father reigns;
And He is at the Father’s side,
The Man of love, the Crucified.
He will present them at the throne;
And angel-bands are waiting there,
His messages of love to bear.
His might decay, His love forsake,
Then may His children cease to sing,
The Lord Omnipotent is King.
All parts of His dominion lie;
This world of ours and worlds unseen,
And thin the boundary between.
He reigns,—and life and death are yours.
Through earth and heaven one song shall ring,
The Lord Omnipotent is King.