Bible Songs — Special Selections

The Lord in Zion Reigneth

No. 1399
Tune THE LORD IN ZION REIGNETH.
Words Fanny Crosby.
Music H. P. Danks.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

The Lord in Zion reigneth,Let all the world rejoice,And come before his throne of graceWith tuneful heart and voice;The Lord in Zion reigneth,And there his praise shall ring,To him shall princes bend the knee,And kings their glory bring.

The Lord in Zion reigneth,And who so great as he?The depths of earth are in his hands,He rules the mighty sea;Oh, crown his name with honor,And let his standard wave,Till distant isles beyond the deepShall own his pow'r to save.

The Lord in Zion reigneth,These hours to him belong;Oh, enter now his temple gates,And fill his courts with song;Beneath his royal bannerLet ev'ry creature fall,Exalt the King of heav'n and earth,And crown him Lord of all.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: no running head on p. 607 (the page opens with the hymn); hymn number «1399» (large, left), title «The Lord in Zion Reigneth.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials, «IN» in small capitals); on the next line «FANNY CROSBY.» at the left (words, capitals and small capitals), the epigraph «"The Lord God omnipotent reigneth."—Rev. 19 : 6.» in the middle (old-style figures; the thin spaces around the colon closed up) and «H. P. DANKS.» at the right (music, capitals and small capitals). No meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line, no refrain (stanzas 7.6.8.6.7.6.8.6). A dynamic «f» stands over the first note. All three stanzas are interlinear, one printed line per system, numbered in system 1 «1.», «2.» and «3,» — the third number is followed by a COMMA in the print (a wrong or broken sort; it is numbered «3.» here, and kept «3,» in `lyrics_syllables.txt` and in the engraving; see `uncertainties.md`). Under the music, centred: «Copyrighted 1886 by The J. E. White Pub. Co.» and the folio «607». Each printed line of words carries two verse lines; they are given here one verse line per line, by the rhymes (rejoice/voice, ring/bring; he/sea, wave/save; belong/song, fall/all) and the capitals that open them. The dots after «ring,», «wave,», «fall,» («ring, . .») mark the syllable held over the slurred notes; they are not words and are not reproduced here. Words divided under the notes are joined («Zi - on», «reign - eth», «re - joice», «be - fore», «tune - ful», «might - y», «en - ter», «tem - ple», «hon - or», «stand - ard», «Be - neath», «roy - al», «ban - ner», «ev - 'ry», «crea - ture», «princ - es», «glo - ry», «dis - tant», «be - yond», «Ex - alt», «be - long»). Elisions and apostrophes as printed, written straight («ev'ry», «heav'n», «pow'r»). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («voice ;», «he ?»); it is closed up here. Spelling and punctuation are the print's.