REJOICE! the Lord is King: Your Lord and King adore; Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice: Rejoice; again I say, rejoice.
Jesus the Saviour reigns, The God of Truth and love; When He had purged our stains, He took His seat above:
His kingdom cannot fail: He rules o’er earth and Heaven; The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus given:
He sits at God’s right hand, Till all His foes submit, And bow to His command, And fall before His feet:
Rejoice in glorious hope: Jesus, the Judge, shall come, And take His servants up To their eternal home:
Charles Wesley, 1707-88