Scripture Verse

Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty. Psalm 24:8

Introduction

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Franz J. Haydn (1732–1809)

Words: W. Hope Da­vis­on, 1880.

Music: St. Al­ban (Hay­dn) Franz J. Hay­dn, 1775 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Da­vis­on (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus, King of glo­ry, throned ab­ove the sky,
Jesus, ten­der Sav­ior, hear Thy child­ren cry.
Pardon our trans­gress­ions, cleanse from our sin,
By Thy Spir­it help us heav’n­ly life to win.

Refrain

Jesus, King of glo­ry, throned ab­ove the sky,
Jesus, ten­der Sav­ior, hear Thy child­ren cry.

Help us ev­er stead­fast in the faith to be:
In Thy Church’s con­flicts fight­ing val­iant­ly.
Loving Sav­ior, strength­en these weak hearts of ours,
Through Thy cross to con­quer craf­ty ev­il pow­ers.

Refrain

When the sha­dows length­en, show us, Lord, Thy way;
Through the dark­ness lead us to the hea­ven­ly day;
When our course is fin­ished, end­ed all the strife,
Grant us, with the faith­ful, palms and crowns of life.

Refrain