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Sunday Hymn: Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim

I have always sung this hymn to the first tune, which, judging by YouTube videos, is the most common tune used in North America. The second seems to be the most common British one.

Which one do you sing?

 

 

Ye serv­ants of God, your mas­ter pro­claim,
And pub­lish abroad His won­der­ful name;
The name all vic­tor­ious of Je­sus ex­tol,
His kingd­om is glo­ri­ous and rules ov­er all.

The waves of the sea have lift­ed their voice,
Sore trou­bled that we in Je­sus re­joice;
The floods they are roar­ing, but Je­sus is here;
While we are ad­or­ing, He al­ways is near.

Men, de­vils en­gage, the bil­lows arise,
And hor­ri­bly rage, and threat­en the skies:
Their fu­ry shall nev­er our stead­fast­ness shock,
The weak­est be­liev­er is built on a rock.

God rul­eth on high, al­migh­ty to save,
And still He is nigh, His pre­sence we have;
The great con­gre­ga­tion His tri­umph shall sing,
Ascribing sal­va­tion to Je­sus our king.

Salvation to God, who sits on the throne,
Let all cry aloud and hon­or the Son!
The prais­es of Je­sus the an­gels pro­claim,
Fall down on their faces and wor­ship the Lamb.

Then let us adore, and give Him His right,
All glo­ry and pow­er, and wis­dom and might;
All hon­or and bless­ing, with an­gels above,
And thanks nev­er ceas­ing, and in­fi­nite love.

—Charles Wesley

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