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Let all the world rejoice,
The great Jehovah reigns ;
The thunders are His awful voice ;
Our life His will ordains ;
The glories of His Name
The lightnings, floods, and hail proclaim.
He rules by sea and land,
O'er boundless realms He sways ;
He holds the oceans in His hand,
And mighty mountains weighs :
Unequalled and alone
In majesty He fills His throne.
The universe He made
By His prevailing might;
The earth's foundations He hath laid,
And scattered ancient night;
When heaven, and earth, and sea.
Proclaimed His awful majesty.
When the bright orb of day
First gleamed with ruddy light,
And yonder moon, with silver ray,
Marched up the vault of night;
And stars bedecked the skies,
That seemed creation's thousand eyes ;
And earth's fair form was seen,
With flowers and blossoms drest;
And trees, and fields, and meadows green,
Adorned her youthful breast,
Hung out in boundless space,
—Amid the ocean's cool embrace ;
Glad was the angel throng
To see His might prevail;
And loud they sung a joyful song
This universe to hail,
While yet in youth it stood ;
The Maker, too, pronounced it good.
But this fair world shall die,
The creature of a day ;
In ashes and in ruins lie,
Its glory passed away:
As when before her birth,
Again shall be this mighty earth.
Soon shall the day be o'er
Of yonder brilliant sun ;
And he shall set to rise no more,
His race of glory run ;
And soon, alas ! all soon
Shall fade the stars, and yon pale moon.
But ever fix'd, the throne
Of the Eternal One
Shall stand, when all creation's gone,
Unequalled and alone ;
New worlds to make at will,
And His own wise designs fulfil.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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6 6 8 6 6 8
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Dates:
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1853
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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| 1904 | # 324 |
MUSIC
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CRUSADERS' HYMN (ASCALON)
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6 6 8 6 6 8
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1842,1850
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 155 | No key | | # 88 | Eb | | # 159 | Eb | | # 147 | No key |
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