Eternal King of Heav’n on High

Eternal King of Heav’n on high

Hope of Thy saints be­neath

Crowned with tri­umph­ant ma­jes­ty

The van­quish­er of death:

Thou dost as­cend the star­ry spheres

Prompt at the heav’n­ly call

Which

all un­heard by mor­tal ears

Salutes Thee Lord of all:

That of the world

wher­e’er they dwell

The tribes may wor­ship Thee;

And things in Heav’n

in earth

in hell

May bow the sub­ject knee.

Angels be­hold the change with awe:

How sin with flesh be­gan

And sin by flesh sub­dued they saw

The con­quer­or God in man!

Do Thou from Thy ce­les­ti­al heights

Our prize

our plea­sure

prove!

The world Thy sub­ject; Thy de­lights

All world­ly joys ab­ove.

Thence for our sins the pray­er at­tend

Thy par­don­ing grace sup­ply

And down Thy health­ful Spir­it send

To lift our hearts on high.

That when around Thy judg­ment seat

The skies their ra­di­ance pour

Thou mayst re­mit our pe­nal debt

Our for­feit crowns re­store.

O Je­sus

glo­ry be to Thee

In Thy ce­les­ti­al rest

Throned with Pa­ter­nal Ma­jes­ty

And with the Spir­it blest!