All the World Shall Come to Serve Thee

ALL the world shall come to serve Thee

And bless Thy glorious Name,

And Thy righteousness triumphant

The islands shall acclaim.

And the peoples shall go seeking

Who knew Thee not before,

And the ends of earth shall praise Thee,

And tell Thy greatness o’er.

They shall build for Thee their altars,

Their idols overthrown,

And their graven gods shall shame them,

As they turn to Thee alone.

They shall worship Thee at sunrise,

And feel Thy Kingdom’s might,

And impart their understanding

To those astray in night.

They shall testify Thy greatness,

And of Thy power speak,

And extol Thee, shrined, uplifted

Beyond man’s highest peak.

And with reverential homage,

Of love and wonder born,

With the ruler’s crown of beauty

Thy head they shall adorn.

With the coming of Thy Kingdom

The hills shall break into song,

And the islands laugh exultant

That they to God belong.

And all their congregations

So loud Thy praise shall sing,

That the uttermost peoples hearing,

Shall hail Thee crownéd King.