Jehovah Reigns (Oliver Holden)

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  • (Posted 2015-08-22)  CPDL #36561:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-22).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1800. The other three stanzas of Barbauld's hymn added below.
  • (Posted 2015-08-22)  CPDL #36559:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-22).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Barbauld's hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Jehovah Reigns
First Line: Jehovah reigns! Let every nation fear
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anna Barbauld

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 10 10. 10 10. 11 11

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 18
Description: Words by Anna Barbauld, 1772, in four stanzas.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1. Jehovah reigns! Let every nation hear,
And at His footstool bow with holy fear.
Jehovah reigns, unbounded and alone,
And all creation hangs beneath His throne:
He reigns alone, let no inferior nature
Usurp or share the throne of the Creator.

2. This earthly globe, the creature of a day,
Though built by God's right hand, must pass away;
And long oblivion creep over mortal things,
The fate of empires, and the pride of Kings;
Eternal night shall veil their proudest story,
And drop the curtain o'er all human glory.

 

3. But fixed, O God! Forever stands Thy throne,
Jehovah reigns, a universe alone;
The eternal fire that feeds each vital flame,
Collected or diffused, is still the same;
He dwells within His own unfathomed essence,
And fills all space with His unbounded presence.

4. But O! Our highest notes the theme debase;
And silence is our least injurious praise;
Cease, cease your songs: the daring flight control;
Revere Him in the stillness of your soul;
With silent duty meekly bend before Him;
And deep within your inmost heart adore Him.