The Lord Is King! (Conder)

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.

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?

The Lord is king! Child of the dust

The Judge of all the earth is just.

Holy and true are all His ways:

Let ev­ery crea­ture speak His praise.

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.

Come

make your wants

your bur­dens known;

He will pre­sent them at the throne;

And an­gel bands are wait­ing there

His mes­sag­es of love to bear.

O when His wis­dom can mis­take

His might de­cay

His love for­sake

Then may His child­ren cease to sing

The Lord om­ni­po­tent is king!

Alike per­vad­ed by His eye

All parts of His do­min­ion lie;

This world of ours and worlds un­seen

And thin the boun­da­ry be­tween.

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!