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Text:Hijos del celeste rey
Author:John Cennick, 1718-1755
Translator:Juan Bautista Cabrera, 1837-1916
Tune:INNOCENTS
Composer:Desconocido

166. Hijos del celeste rey

1 Hijos del celeste rey,
Dulces cánticos alzad;
Al pastor de nuestra grey
Alabanzas entonad.

2 Sólo del benigno Dios
Viene la felicidad;
Seguiremos de Él en pos,
Mostrarános su bondad.

3 En su templo se hallan paz,
Gracia, júbilo y salud,
Que a las almas dan solaz
Y disipan la inquietud.

4 Es Jesús el sumo bien;
Siempre en su favor confiad;
Preparónos en su Edén
Eternal felicidad.

5 Vuestros cantos, pues, alzad
A su trono con fervor,
Y homenaje tributad
A la gloria del Señor.

Amén.

Text Information
First Line: Hijos del celeste rey
Translator: Juan Bautista Cabrera, 1837-1916
Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755
Meter: 7 7, 7 7.
Language: Spanish
Publication Date: 1964
Topic: La Vida Cristiana: La Vida Christiana en General; Ascension; Reino y Gloria de Cristo (6 more...)
Notes: English first line: Children of the heavenly king
Tune Information
Name: INNOCENTS
Composer: Desconocido
Meter: 7 7, 7 7.
Key: D Major
Source: Londres, 1850.



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