1
HARK! the song of jubilee;
Loud as mighty thunders roar,
Or the fullness of the sea
When it breaks upon the shore:
Hallelujah! for the Lord
God omnipotent shall reign:
2
Hallelujah! let the word
Echo round the earth and main.
Hallelujah! hark! the sound,
From the center to the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation’s harmonies:
See Jehovah’s banners furled,
Sheathed His sword: He speaks—’tis done,
And the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of His Son.
3
He shall reign from pole to pole
With illimitable sway:
He shall reign, when, like a scroll,
Yonder heavens have passed away:
Then the end: beneath His rod
Man’s last enemy shall fall:
Hallelujah! Christ in God,
God in Christ, is all in all.
-J. Montgomery.