The hymn is 398  

1 Alleluia! sing to Jesus, his the sceptre, his the throne;

alleluia! his the triumph, his the victory alone:

hark the songs of holy Zion thunder like a mighty flood;

Jesus, out of every nation, hath redeemed us by his blood.

2 Alleluia ! not as orphans are we left in sorrow now;

alleluia! he is near us, faith believes, nor questions how;

though the cloud from sight received him

when the forty days were o'er,

shall our hearts forget his promise,

'I am with you evermore'?

3 Alleluia! bread of heaven,

thou on earth our food, our stay;

alleluia! here the sinful flee to thee from day to day;

intercessor, friend of sinners,

earth's Redeemer, plead for me,

where the songs of all the sinless

sweep across the crystal sea.

4 Alleluia! King eternal,

thee the Lord of lords we own;

alleluia! born of Mary,

earth thy footstool, heaven thy throne;

thou within the veil hast entered,

robed in flesh our great high priest;

here proclaimed as priest and victim in the eucharistic feast.

William Chatterton Dix (1837-98) altd.