Lord of All Worlds (Dwight)

Lord of all worlds

in­cline Thy boun­te­ous ear

Thy child­ren’s voice

in ten­der mer­cy

hear;

Bear Thy blest pro­mise

fix­ed as hills

in mind

And shed re­new­ing grace on lost man­kind.

Let Zi­on’s walls be­fore Thee cease­less stand

Dear as Thine eye

and grav­en on Thy hand;

From earth’s far re­gions Ja­cob’s sons re­store

Oppressed by man

and scourged by Thee no more.

Then shall man­kind no more in dark­ness mourn

Then hap­py na­tions in a day be born;

From east to west Thy glo­ri­ous name be one

And one pure wor­ship hail the eter­nal Son.

Then shall Thy saints ex­ult with joy di­vine;

Their vir­tues quick­en

and their lives re­fine;

Heaven o’er the world un­fold a bright­er day

And Je­sus spread His reign from sea to sea!