141. Christ is the King! O friends rejoice

1 Christ is the King! O friends rejoice;
brothers and sisters, with one voice
let the world know He is your choice.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 O magnify the Lord, and raise
anthems of joy and holy praise
for Christ's brave saints of ancient days.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 They with a faith for ever new
followed the King, and round him drew
thousands of servants brave and true.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 O Christian women, Christian men,
all the world over, seek again
the way disciples followed then.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 Christ through all ages is the same:
place the same hope in His great name,
With the same faith His word proclaim.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

6 Let love's unconquerable might
your scattered companies unite
in service to the Lord of light.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

7 So shall God's will on earth be done,
new lamps be lit, new tasks begun,
and the whole church at last be one.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: Christ is the King! O friends rejoice
Author: George Kennedy Allen Bell, 1883-1958
Meter: 88 8 and Alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: The Temple: The People of God
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press
Tune Information
Name: VULPIUS (GELOBT SEI GOTT)
Composer: Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1616
Harmoniser: Friedrich Layriz, 1808-1859
Harmoniser: Henry Goerge Ley, 1887-1962
Meter: 88 8 and Alleluias
Key: C Major
Source: BBC Hymn Book, 1951
Copyright: Arr. by permission of Oxford University Press



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