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Millennial Harp 88

Jesus Shall Reign

L.M.

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1Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does its successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His name.

3Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoners leap to lose their chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all who suffer want are blessed.

4Let every creature rise and bring Honors peculiar to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen.

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Duke Street (SDA Hymnal #227)
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Verse 1

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does its successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more./˘˘/???˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/33A

Verse 2

People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His name./˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/33A

Verse 3

Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoners leap to lose their chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all who suffer want are blessed./˘˘/???˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/34A

Verse 4

Let every creature rise and bring Honors peculiar to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen.//˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/34A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.