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GOD OF HEAV’N, APPEAR BELOW

Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 1292.

Music: Am­ster­dam James Nar­es, in The Foun­de­ry Col­lect­ion, 1742 (🔊 ).

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James Nares (1715–1783)

Lyrics

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.