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O Jesus, My King and My Sovereign

Jesús es mi Rey soberano (O Jesus, my king and my sovereign)

Translator: Esther Frances; Translator: George Lockwood; Author: Vincente Mendoza (1920)
Tune: MI REY Y MI AMIGO
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: Recording

Translator: Esther Frances

(no biographical information available about Esther Frances.) Go to person page >

Translator: George Lockwood

Rev. George Lockwood was born in 1946 and has been a missionary to Costa Rica. He has pastored Spanish-speaking congregations in both Arizona and California and served on the editorial committee for the Methodist hymnal supplement Celebremos II. In addition, Lockwood has traveled throughout Central and South America interviewing church musicians and gathering new hymns from both Spanish and Portuguese cultures which he then presents at conferences and workshops. The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993 Go to person page >

Author: Vincente Mendoza

Born: De­cem­ber 24, 1875, Guad­a­la­ja­ra, Mex­i­co. Died: 1955, Mex­i­co Ci­ty, Mex­i­co. Buried: Mex­i­co Ci­ty, Mex­i­co. Mendoza stu­died in­i­tial­ly un­der Don Au­re­lio Or­te­ga. At age of 11 he went to work in a Pro­test­ant print shop in Mex­i­co Ci­ty and helped pro­duce El Evan­gel­is­ta Mex­i­ca­no (The Mex­i­can Evan­gel­ist) for the Meth­od­ist Church of the South; he rose to be­come its di­rect­or for 17 years. Look­ing to im­prove him­self, Men­do­za en­tered a night school for work­ers, but lat­er feel­ing the call to preach the Gos­pel, he en­tered the Pres­by­ter­i­an Sem­in­a­ry in Mex­i­co Ci­ty. When the sem­in­a­ry closed temp­o­rar­i­ly… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesús es mi Rey soberano (O Jesus, my king and my sovereign)
Title: O Jesus, My King and My Sovereign
Spanish Title: Jesús Es Mi Rey Soberano
Author: Vincente Mendoza (1920)
Translator: Esther Frances
Translator: George Lockwood
Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.9.5.7.
Language: English; Spanish
Copyright: Tr. © 1982, 1989, The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. Music Services
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Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Chalice Hymnal #109

Chalice Hymnal #109

Praise y Adoración #368b

Praise y Adoración #368b

Santo, Santo, Santo #211

Santo, Santo, Santo #211

The Presbyterian Hymnal #157

The Presbyterian Hymnal #157
Audio

The United Methodist Hymnal #180

The United Methodist Hymnal #180
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