Church Of God A Kingdom Is, The

The Church of God a kingdom is,

Where Christ in power doth reign;

Where spirits yearn till, seen in bliss,

Their Lord shall come again.

Glad companies of saints possess

This Church below, above;

And God's perpetual calm doth bless

Their paradise of love.

An altar stands within the shrine

Whereon, once sacrificed,

Is set, immaculate, divine,

The Lamb of God, the Christ.

There rich and poor, from countless lands,

Praise God on mystic rood;

There nations reach forth holy hands

To take God's holy food.

There pure life-giving streams o'erflow

The sower's garden-ground:

And faith and love fair blossoms show,

And fruits of love abound.

O King, O Christ, this endless grace

To us and all men bring,

To see the vision of Thy face

In joy, O Christ, our King.