Soon righteousness shall rule,
All Satan’s power restrain:
Jesus Jehovah be the King,
O’er Jews and Gentiles reign.

Jesus Himself shall come,
The world receive His word;
And all creation own His sway–
The universal Lord.

The person of the Christ,
Enfolding every grace,
Once slain, but now alive again,
In heaven demands our praise.

Gladly of Him we sing,
Since we with Him are dead;
Our life is hid with Christ in God,
In Christ the church’s Head.

The heavens are opened now!
Sound it through earth abroad;
And we, by faith, in HEAVEN behold
Jesus the Christ, our Lord.

The Lord Himself shall come,
And shout the gladdening word;
Thousands shall answer from the tomb:
"For ever with the Lord!"

Then, as we upward fly,
That resurrection-word
Shall be our shout of victory:
"For ever with the Lord!"

There with unwearied gaze
Our eyes on Him we’ll rest,
And satisfy with endless praise
A heart supremely blest.

"Knowing as we are known!"–
How shall we love that word,
How oft repeat before the throne:
"For ever with the Lord!"

That resurrection word,
That shout of victory–
Once more: "For ever with the Lord!"
Amen, so let it be!

We bless our Savior’s name,
Our sins are all forgiven;
To suffer once to earth He came:
He now is crowned in heaven.

Lord let us ne’er forget
Thy rich, Thy precious love;
Our theme of joy and wonder here,
Our endless song above.

O let Thy love constrain
Our souls to cleave to Thee!
And ever in our hearts remain
That word, Remember Me.

What raised the wondrous thought;
Or who did it suggest?
That we, the church, to glory brought,
Should with the Son be blest.

O God! the thought was Thine
(Thine only it could be)
Fruit of the wisdom, love divine
Peculiar unto Thee:

For, sure, no other mind,
For thoughts so bold, so free,
Greatness or strength, could ever find
Thine only it could be.

The motives, too, Thine own,
The plan, the counsel, Thine!
Made for Thy Son, bone of His bone
In glory bright to shine.

O God! with great delight
Thy wondrous thought we see,
Upon His throne, in glory bright,
The bride of Christ shall be.

Sealed with the Holy Ghost,
We triumph in that love,
Thy wondrous thought has made our boast
"Glory with Christ above."