JESUS shall reign where’er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run,
His—kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
People and realms of every tongue,
Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His name.
Blessings shall flow where’er He reigns,
The prisoners leap to loose their chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want be blest.
Where He displays His healing power,
Death and the curse shall reign no more
But Adam’s race in Him shall boast
More blessings far than Adam lost.
Then all the earth shall rise, and bring
Peculiar honors to ‘its King;
Angels respond with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen.