A hymn for Remembrance Sunday
Messiah, Prince of peace!
Where men each other tear,
Where war is learned, they must confess,
Thy kingdom is not there.
Who, prompted by thy foe,
Delight in human blood,
Apollyon is their king, we know,
And Satan is their god.
Where men each other tear,
Where war is learned, they must confess,
Thy kingdom is not there.
Who, prompted by thy foe,
Delight in human blood,
Apollyon is their king, we know,
And Satan is their god.
But shall he still devour
The souls redeemed by thee?
Jesus, stir up thy glorious power
And end the apostasy!
Come, Saviour, from above,
O’er all our hearts to reign;
And plant the kingdom of thy love
In every heart of man.
Then shall we exercise
The hellish art no more,
While thou our long-lost paradise
Dost with thyself restore.
Fightings and wars shall cease,
And, in thy Spirit giv’n,
Pure joy and everlasting peace
Shall turn our earth to Heav’n.
Charles Wesley
I’ve never heard this one sung, and I’m not musician enough to offer a tune suggestion. Any thoughts?
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fat prophet 11.08.09 at 3:30 pm
Diademata (Crown him with many crowns) would work quite well with this hymn - it’s metre is DSM which is double short meter so it would be possible to us an SM tune (short meter@ and play it twice for each verse.
Paul Martin 11.08.09 at 8:59 pm
Thanks for this hymn. i read it at both of my services today and three people asked for copies. I am all for it being in the next Methodist hymnbook.
Georjana 11.09.09 at 10:57 am
For online hymn from The United Methodist Hymnal go to Hymnsite.com you can hear this song.