Reigning in His Kingdom of Grace

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All glory to God in the sky

Author: Charles Wesley
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1 All glory to God in the sky,
and peace upon earth be restored!
O Jesus, exalted on high,
appear our omnipotent Lord!
Who, lowly in Bethlehem born,
here stooped to redeem a lost race;
once more to creation return
and reign in your kingdom of grace.

2 Incarnate you chose to appear;
all nature acknowledged your birth;
so dawned the long-prophesied year
and heaven was opened on earth.
Receiving its Lord from above,
the world was united to bless
the giver of friendship and love,
the Prince and the Author of peace.

3 Lord Jesus, again be made known!
Again by your Spirit descend
and set up in each of your own
a kingdom that never shall end.
You only are able to bless
and make all the nations obey;
commanding our hatred to cease,
bring everything under your sway.

4 Come then to your servants again,
who long your appearing to know;
your quiet and peaceable reign
in mercy establish below.
All sorrow before you shall fly,
all hatred and strife be undone;
all envy and malice shall die,
and all learn to honour the Son.

Source: Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #282

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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 >

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First Line:	All glory to God in the sky
Title:	Reigning in His Kingdom of Grace
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	8.8.8.8 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

All glory to God in the sky. C. Wesley. [Christmas.] This is No. xviii. of his Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord, 1744, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines. In 1780 it was given in full in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, No. 211, and has been repeated in all later editions. (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iv. p. 125.) Its use amongst the Methodist bodies in all English-speaking countries is considerable; but outside of Methodism it is but little known.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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ST. CYPRIAN (Goss)

CONTRAST (German)

The tune most commonly known as CONTRAST is a German folk tune. In American shape-note tradition the tune is known as GREEN FIELDS or GREENFIELDS. J. S. Bach quoted it in his "Peasant Cantata," but he did not compose it. It has also been misattributed to Maria DeFleury and to Lewis Edson. Edson wrot…

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ENON'S ISLE

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