Hark, the voice eternal
Robed in majesty,
Calling into being
Earth and sky and sea;
Hark, in countless numbers,
All the angelthrong
Hail creation's morning
With one burst of song
High in regal glory.
‘Mid eternal light,
Reign, thou King Immortal,
Holy, infinite.

Long the nations waited,
Through the troubled night,
Looking, longing, yearning
For the promised light.
Prophets saw the morning
Breaking far away,
Minstrels sang the splendour
Of that op'ning day.
Whilst in regal glory,
‘Mid eternal light,
Reign, thou King Immortal,
Holy, infinite.

Brightly dawned the Advent
Of the new-born King.
Joyously the watchers
Heard the angels sing
Sadly closed the ev’ning
Of his hallowed life,
As the noontide darkness
Veiled the last dread strife.
Lo! again in glory
‘Mid eternal light,
Reign, thou King Immortal,
Holy, infinite.

Lo, again he cometh,
Robed in clouds of light,
As the Judge eternal,
Armed with pow'r and might.
Nations to his footstool
Gathered then shall be;
Earth shall yield her treasures,
And her dead, the sea.
Till the trumpet soundeth
‘Mid eternal light,
Reign, thou King Immortal,
Holy, infinite.

Jesus! Lord and Master,
Prophet, Priest and King,
To thy feet triumphant
Hallowed praise we bring.
Thine the pain and weeping,
Thine the victory;
Pow'r and praise and honour
Be, O Lord, to thee.
High in regal glory,
‘Mid eternal light,
Reign, thou King Immortal,
Holy, infinite.