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HE IS KING
Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph T. Jones; Melva W. Costen Tune Sources: African-American spiritual Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 56123 56123 11223 Used With Text: He Is King of Kings
HE IS KING
He Is King of Kings
Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: He is King of kings, He is Lord of lords Lyrics: He is King of kings,
He is Lord of lords;
Jesus Christ, the first and last
no man works like Him.
He is King of kings,
He is Lord of lords;
Jesus Christ, the first and last
no man works like Him.
He built His throne up in the air
no man works like Him;
And called the saints from ev'rywhere–
no man works like Him.
He is King of kings,
He is Lord of lords;
Jesus Christ, the first and last
no man works like Him. Topics: Spirituals; Worship and Adoration Used With Tune: [He is King of kings, He is Lord of lords] Text Sources: Traditional
He Is King of Kings
Il Est Roi Des Rois
Author: Joëlle Gouel Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Il siège en haut sur ses remparts (He built his throne up in the air) Refrain First Line: It est Roi des rois (He is King of kings) Scripture: Revelation 1:3-8 Used With Tune: HE IS KING
Il Est Roi Des Rois
He Is King of Kings
Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #222 (2013) Meter: Irregular First Line: I know that my Redeemer lives Refrain First Line: He is King of kings, he is Lord of lords Lyrics: Refrain:
He is King of kings, he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last;
no one works like him.
Oh, he is King of kings, he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last;
no one works like him.
I know that my Redeemer lives.
No one works like him.
And by his love sweet blessings gives.
No one works like him. [Refrain]
Topics: Church Year Easter/Season of Easter; Church Year Ascension; Church Year Christ the King; Jesus Christ Alpha and Omega; Jesus Christ King; Jesus Christ Lord; Jesus Christ Reign Scripture: Job 19:25 Languages: English Tune Title: HE IS KING
He Is King of Kings
He Is King of Kings
Hymnal: The Presbyterian Hymnal #153 (1990) Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain First Line: He built His throne up in the air Lyrics: Refrain:
(He is) King of kings,
He is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last,
No one works like Him.
1 He built His throne up in the air,
No one works like Him,
And called His saints from everywhere,
No one works like Him. O He is... (Refrain)
2 He pitched His tents on Canaan ground,
No one works like Him,
And broke oppressive kingdoms down,
No one works like Him. O He is...(Refrain)
3 I know that my Redeemer lives,
No one works like Him,
And by His love sweet blessing gives,
No one works like Him. O He is... (Refrain)
Topics: Jesus Christ Kingship Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:15-16 Languages: English Tune Title: HE IS KING
He Is King of Kings
He Is King of Kings
Hymnal: Glory to God #273 (2013) Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain First Line: He built his throne up in the air Lyrics: Refrain:
He is King of kings;
he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last,
no one works like him.
O he is King of kings;
he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last,
no one works like him.
1 He built his throne up in the air;
no one works like him;
and called his saints from everywhere;
no one works like him.
O he is King of kings;
he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last,
no one works like him. [Refrain]
2 He pitched his tents on Canaan ground;
no one works like him;
and broke oppressive kingdoms down;
no one works like him.
O he is King of kings;
he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last,
no one works like him. [Refrain]
3 I know that my Redeemer lives;
no one works like him;
and by his love sweet blessing gives;
no one works like him.
O he is King of kings;
he is Lord of lords,
Jesus Christ, the first and last,
no one works like him. [Refrain]
Topics: Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Sovereignty of God Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:15-16 Languages: English Tune Title: HE IS KING
He Is King of Kings
John Wesley Work
1873 - 1925 Person Name: John W. Work Harmonizer of "HE IS KING" in Les Chants du Pèlerin John W. Work, Jr. (b. Nashville, TN, 1872; d. Nashville, 1925), is well known for his pioneering studies of African American folk music and for his leadership in the performance of spirituals. He studied music at Fisk University in Nashville and classics at Harvard and then taught Latin, Greek, and history at Fisk from 1898 to 1923. Director of the Jubilee Singers at Fisk, Work also sang tenor in the Fisk Jubilee Quartet, which toured the country after 1909 and made commercial recordings. He was president of Roger Williams University in Nashville during the last two years of his life. Work and his brother Frederick Jerome Work (1879-1942) were devoted to collecting, arranging, and publishing African American slave songs and spirituals. They published two collections: New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901) and Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907).
Bert Polman
John Wesley Work
Horace Clarence Boyer
1935 - 2009 Person Name: Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) Arranger of "[He built his throne up in the air]" in Lift Every Voice and Sing II Horace Boyer (b. Winter Park, Flordia, July 28, 1935; d. Amherst, Massachusetts, July 21, 2009) was professor of music at the University of Massachussetts, Amhurst, editor of the African American hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and author of How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Elliot & Clark, 1995).
Sing! A New Creation
Horace Clarence Boyer
Melva W. Costen
b. 1933 Adapter of "HE IS KING" in Lift Up Your Hearts Melva W. Costen, a native of South Carolina, retired as Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Worship and Music, choral director, and chair of the church music degree program at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She subsequently became the Visiting Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. She remains active in the Civil Rights Movement and as a teacher and consultant in area of church music, liturgy, and curriculum development. (2006)
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Melva W. Costen
