Jesus Shall Reign

Jesus shall reign wher­e’er the sun

Does his suc­cess­ive jou­rneys run;

His king­dom stretch from shore to shore

Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

Behold the is­lands with their kings

And Eur­ope her best trib­ute brings;

From north to south the princ­es meet

To pay their hom­age at His feet.

There Per­sia

glo­ri­ous to be­hold

There In­dia shines in east­ern gold;

And bar­bar­ous na­tions at His word

Submit

and bow

and own their Lord.

To Him shall end­less pray­er be made

And prais­es throng to crown His head;

His name like sweet per­fume shall rise

With ev­ery morn­ing sac­ri­fice.

People and realms of ev­ery tongue

Dwell on His love with sweet­est song;

And in­fant voic­es shall pro­claim

Their ear­ly bless­ings on His name.

Blessings abound where’er He reigns;

The pri­son­er leaps to lose his chains;

The wea­ry find eter­nal rest

And all the sons of want are blest.

Where He dis­plays His heal­ing pow­er

Death and the curse are known no more:

In Him the tribes of Ad­am boast

More bless­ings than their fa­ther lost.

Let ev­ery crea­ture rise and bring

Peculiar hon­ors to our king;

Angels des­cend with songs again

And earth re­peat the loud amen.