Scripture Verse

The iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold [were] broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. Daniel 2:35

Introduction

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), vol­ume 2, num­ber 1291.

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

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James Nares (1715–1783)

Lyrics

Jesus, fix Thy king­dom here!
Thy king­dom is the stone,
Sent from Heav’n in man t’ap­pear,
And stand on earth alone;
Let it now the im­age smite,
Break the ir­on and the clay,
Conquer, not by pow­er or might,
And force the world t’ob­ey.

By this stone to pow­der ground
The king­doms all shall be:
Then their place no more is found,
When earth sub­mits to Thee;
Let Thy king­dom now pre­vail,
All op­pos­ing pow­er dis­perse,
To a bound­less mount­ain swell,
And fill the uni­verse.