Rejoice, the Lord is King!

View this hymn using FlexPresent: Hymnary.org's free tool provides this hymn's music notationand lyrics synchronized with its audio

Rejoice, the Lord is King: Your Lord and King adore

Author: Charles Wesley (1744)
Published in 735 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF
Playable presentation: Lyrics only, lyrics + music
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Song available on My.Hymnary

Representative Text

1 Rejoice, the Lord is King:
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore.
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

2 Jesus, the Savior, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When He has purged our stains,
He took his seat above;
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

3 His kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o'er earth and heav'n;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus giv'n:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

4 Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord and judge shall come
And take His servants up
To their eternal home:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Baptist Hymnal, 1991

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Rejoice, the Lord is King: Your Lord and King adore
Title: Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Author: Charles Wesley (1744)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Scripture References:
st. 2 = Rev. 1:18
st. 3 = Acts 5:31, Heb. 1:3
st. 4 = 1 Cor. 15:52, 1 Thess. 4:16, Rev. 20:11-15
ref. = Phil. 4:4

Charles Wesley (PHH 267) wrote this text for Easter and Ascension in six stanzas. First published in John Wesley's Moral and Sacred Poems (1744), the text was also published in Charles Wesley's Hymns for our Lord's Resurrection (1746). The original stanzas 2 and 5 are not included.

The text rejoices in the kingship of Christ (st. 1) whose rule extends "o'er earth and heaven" (st. 2). All will bow the knee to Christ (st. 3) when he returns in glory to judge "the living and dead" (st. 4). The refrain line based on Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice,” is the keynote of the entire text.

Liturgical Use:
Ascension; Easter; a great hymn of praise suitable for any worship service (fits well with the royal psalms in the Old Testament); funeral or memorial service.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

=================

Rejoice, the Lord is King. C. Wesley. [Easter or Ascension.] This is No. viii. of 16 hymns printed in 1746 as Hymns for Our Lord's Resurrection. It is in 6 st.anzas of 6 lines. It had previously appeared in J. Wesley's Moral and Sacred Poems, 1744. (P. Works, iv. p. 140.) It has been included, either in full or in part, in most hymnbooks of any moment from Whitefield’s, in 1753, to Thring's, in 1882, with the result that it is in extensive use in all English-speaking countries. Curiously enough, however, it was not given in the Wesleyan Hymn Book until the revised ed. of 1875.

A cento for harvest beginning with the first stanza is found in some Unitarian hymnbooks both old and new, including Ellen Courtauld's Psalms, Hymns and Anthems, 1860. It is in 5 st., the first stanza and lines5,6, of each of the others being from this hymn, whilst the rest are by John Taylor in Enfield's Norwich Selection of Hymns, 1795. In R. Bingham's Hymno. Christ. Latina, 1871, st. i., ii., iv., vi., slightly altered, are rendered into Latin as, "Rex est Dominus! Laetantes."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

DARWALL

Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…

Go to tune page >


GOPSAL


Timeline

Media

You have access to this FlexScore.
Download:
Are parts of this score outside of your desired range? Try transposing this FlexScore.
General Settings
Stanza Selection
Voice Selection
Text size:
Music size:
Transpose (Half Steps):
Capo:
Contacting server...
Contacting server...
Questions? Check out the FAQ

A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent (e.g. CCLI, OneLicense, etc).

This is a preview of your FlexScore.
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #197
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
  • Bulletin Score (PDF)
  • Full Score (PDF)
The Book of Common Praise: being the hymn book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #392c
The Cyber Hymnal #5759
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #408
  • Full Score (PDF, XML)
  • Bulletin Score (PDF)
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
Urania: or a choice collection of psalm-tunes, anthems, and hymns, from the most approv'd authors, with some entirely new; in two, three, and four parts... #186
The United Methodist Hymnal #715
  • Bulletin Score (PDF)
  • Full Score (PDF)
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
Worship and Rejoice #342
With Heart and Voice: songs for all God's children #104
  • Full Score (PDF, XML)
  • Bulletin Score (PDF)
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 105)

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #44

TextPage Scan

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #88

TextPage Scan

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #89

Ambassador Hymnal #157

Text

Ancient and Modern #769

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #638

TextFlexScoreAudio

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #197

Baptist Hymnal 2008 #302

Text

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #716

TextPage Scan

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #215

Text

Chalice Hymnal #699

Text

Christian Worship #524

Church Family Worship #301

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #281

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #139

TextPage Scan

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #449

TextPage Scan

Common Praise (1998) #379

TextPage Scan

Common Praise #563

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #580

Page Scan

Complete Mission Praise #575

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #193

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #376

TextAudioPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #430

Gather (3rd ed.) #568

TextPage Scan

Gather Comprehensive #487

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #493

Text InfoTextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

Glory to God #363

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #474

Hymnal #288

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #139

Hymns and Psalms #243

TextPage Scan

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #393

TextPage Scan

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #180

TextPage Scan

Hymns of Faith #52

TextPage Scan

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #449

Hymns of the Christian Life #107

TextPage Scan

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #66

Hymns Old and New #432

TextPage Scan

Hymns to the Living God #184

TextPage Scan

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #478

TextPage Scan

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #459

TextPage Scan

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #349

TextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

Lift Up Your Hearts #224

TextPage Scan

Lutheran Worship #179

TextPage Scan

Moravian Book of Worship #372

TextPage Scan

One in Faith #635

TextPage Scan

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #363

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #547

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #548

Page Scan

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #245

Praises We Sing (2nd ed.) #22

TextPage Scan

Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #291

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #260

Text InfoTune InfoTextScoreAudioPage Scan

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #408

Rejoice Hymns #43

Text

Rejoice in the Lord #596

Text

Rejoice in the Lord #597

Rejoice #1

TextPage Scan

RitualSong #627

TextFlexScorePage Scan

Santo, Santo, Santo #213

TextPage Scan

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #221

Sing Glory #440

TextPage Scan

Sing Joyfully #282

Text

Sing With Me #140

Singing the Faith #335

Audio

Small Church Music #219

Text

Songs for Life #180

Songs of Faith and Praise #284

Songs of Faith and Praise #302

Songs of Faith and Praise #306

TextPage Scan

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #197

TextPage Scan

The Book of Praise #267

Text

The Celebration Hymnal #370

The Christian Life Hymnal #206

Page Scan

The Covenant Hymnal #271

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5759

The Hymnal 1982 #481

Text

The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #228

TextPage Scan

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #454a

TextPage Scan

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #454b

The Liturgical Harp #52

The New Century Hymnal #303

TextPage Scan

The New English Hymnal #443

TextPage Scan

The Presbyterian Hymnal #155

The Sacred Harp #473

Text

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #164

TextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

The United Methodist Hymnal #715

TextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

The United Methodist Hymnal #716

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #78

Text

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #79

Text

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #80

Page Scan

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #147

TextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

The Worshiping Church #262

Text

Together in Song #216

TextPage Scan

Total Praise #280

TextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #309

TextFlexScoreAudioPage Scan

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #310

TextPage Scan

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #281

TextPage Scan

Voices United #213

TextScoreAudio

With Heart and Voice #104

Pages

Include 630 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us