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The Lord Jehovah Reigns (Chambers) 120

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: Benjamin Franklin White, 1869
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
The Lord Jehovah reigns,
And royal state maintains;
His head with awful glories crowned,
Arrayed in robes of light,
Begirt with sov'reign might,
And rays of majesty around.
THE Lord Jehovah reigns,, Stanza 1