Scripture Verse

Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her? Jeremiah 8:19

Introduction

Words: E. A. Dan­mont, in The In­ter­na­tion­al Les­son Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by Da­vid C. Cook (Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: Da­vid C. Cook Pub­lish­ing, 1878), num­ber 24.

Music: Hu­bei Frank M. Da­vis, 1878 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Dan­mont’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Frank M. Davis (1839–1896)

Lyrics

King in Zi­on, bless­èd Je­sus,
Glory be to Thee,
Reigning in the ci­ty gold­en,
Lord, re­mem­ber me;
Angel choirs in ho­ly ser­vice,
Round about Thee stand,
Sharing all Thy heav’n­ly trea­sure
In fair Beu­lah land.

And the hosts are still in­creas­ing,
But there’s room for more,
Saints and mar­tyrs and our kin­dred,
Loved ones gone be­fore;
All are prais­ing in the an­thems,
Round Thy great white throne,
So we all shall find Heav’n’s glo­ry,
Now on earth un­known.

Blessèd King, Thy face e’er smil­ing,
We now long to see,
And Thy hands so gent­ly guid­ing,
Keep us near to Thee;
Bending low in love so kind­ly,
Hear our humble pray­er,
That in frown­ing sky and storm cloud,
We may have Thy care.

When our work on earth is end­ed,
And the dawn­ing come,
Then, dear King, in Thy near pre­sence
May we find our home;
We will join the song eter­nal,
And with an­gels sing,
Sharing joy and peace un­end­ing,
With our Zi­on’s king.