Family Corner
July 2017
Years 1-10 Years 11-15
“Rejoice The Lord Is King” “The Ten Commandments”
Versified by Dewey Westra, 1899–1979
Alt. in Psalter Hymnal, 1987
Charles Wesley, 1746; alt.
Rejoice, the Lord is King;
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks, and sing,
And triumph evermore.
My soul, recall with rev’rent wonder
How God amid the fire and smoke
Proclaimed His holy law with thunder
From Sinai’s mountain when He spoke:
Refrain:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
“I am the Lord, your God and Sovereign,
Who out of bondage set you free,
Who saved you from the land of Egypt,
Then serve no other gods but Me.
Jesus the Savior reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains,
He took His seat above.
Refrain
“You shall not bow to graven idols,
For I, a jealous God, your Lord,
Shall punish sin in those who hate Me,
But love all those who keep My Word.
“The Lord is God; His name is holy,
D o not His holiness profane.
God surely will not hold them guiltless
Who take His holy name in vain.
“Remember, keep the Sabbath holy,
The day God sanctified and blessed.
Six days you shall do all your labor,
But on the seventh you shall rest.
“Honor your father and your mother;
Obey the Lord your God’s command,
That you may dwell secure and prosper
With length of days upon the land.
“You shall not hate or kill your neighbor.
Do not commit adultery.
You shall not steal from one another
Nor testify untruthfully.
“You shall not covet the possession
Your neighbors value as their own;
Home, wife or husband, all their treasures
You shall respect as theirs alone.”
Teach us, Lord God, to love your precepts,
The good commandments of your law.
Give us the grace to keep your statutes
With thankfulness and proper awe.
His kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o’er earth and heav’n;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus giv’n.
Refrain
He sits at God’s right hand
Till all His foes submit,
And bow to His command,
And fall beneath His feet.
Refrain
Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord, the Judge, shall come,
And take His servants up
To their eternal home.
Refrain
TUNE: DARWALL 6.6.6.6.8.8.
John Darwall, 1770
(#310)
TUNE: LES COMMANDEMENTS DE DIEU 9.8.9.8.
Genevan Psalter, 1547; Arr. by Claude Goudimel, 1564; rev.
(#724)
MESSENGER
SUMMER 2017
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