Introduction
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 2, number 1292.
Music: Amsterdam James Nares, in The Foundery Collection, 1742 (🔊 pdf nwc).
In the days of these kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Daniel 2:44
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 2, number 1292.
Music: Amsterdam James Nares, in The Foundery Collection, 1742 (🔊 pdf nwc).
God of Heav’n, appear below,
And let Thy kingdom come;
All these worldly powers o’erthrow,
And scatter, and consume!
Let the last on earth take place,
Never, never to decline;
Founded in perpetual grace,
The monarchy divine.
Lord, as taught by Thee, we pray
That sin and death may end;
In the great millennial day
With all Thy saints descend;
Now displayed with glorious power
Let that final empire rise,
Stand, when time shall be no more,
Eternal in the skies.