Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, July 12, 2024

"Jesus Shall Reign"

I was looking at "Jesus Shall Reign" recently, and I noticed a small feature that I'd missed the two other times I wrote about the hymn.

Near the end of the fourth verse, there's the line "The weary find eternal rest," sung to this musical phrase from the tune "Duke Street":


"Eternal" is sung with a melisma (A D B A G F#), and since the word is drawn out, there's a sense of that long duration.