He Shall Reign from Sea to Sea

O Church of Christ! be­hold at last

The pro­mised sign ap­pear—

The Gos­pel preached in all the world;

And lo! the King draws near.

He shall reign from sea to sea

When He girds on His con­quer­ing sword;

All the ends of the earth shall see

The sal­va­tion of our God.

With gird­ed loins

make haste

make haste

Thy wit­ness to com­plete;

That Christ may take His throne and bring

All na­tions to His feet.

And thou

O Is­ra­el

long in dust

Arise! and come away;

See how the Sun of Right­eous­ness

Sheds forth the beams of day.

The scat­tered sons are ga­ther­ing home

The fig tree buds again;

A lit­tle while

and Da­vid’s Son

On Da­vid’s throne shall reign.

Then sing aloud

O pil­grim Church

Brief con­flict yet re­mains;

And then Im­ma­nu­el des­cends

To bind thy foe in chains.