Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Head of the church triumphant

Through much tribulation we shall enter into the kingdom of God. Act 14:22

1.  Head of the church triumphant,
    We joyfully adore Thee;
    Till Thou appear, Thy members here
    Shall sing like those in glory;
    We lift our hearts and voices,
    With bless'd anticipation,
    And cry aloud, and give to God
    The praise of our salvation.

2. While in affliction's furnace,
    And passing through the fire,
    Thy love we praise in grateful lays,
    Which ever brings us nigher:
    We clap our hands, exulting
    In Thine almighty favour:
    The love divine, that made us Thine,
    Shall keep us Thine for ever

3. Thou dost conduct Thy people
    Through torrents of temptation:
    Nor will we fear, while Thou art near,
    The fire of tribulation;
    The world, with sin and Satan,
    In vain our march opposes,
    By Thee we shall break through them all,
    And sing the song of Moses.

4. By faith we see the glory
    To which Thou shalt restore us,
    The world despise, for that high prize
    Which Thou hast set before us;
    And, if Thou count us worthy,
    We each, with dying Stephen.
    Shall see Thee stand at God's
    Right hands,
    To call us up to heaven.


Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS: Olori ijo t’orun

Ninu iponju li awa o de Ijoba orun. Ise A. 14:22

1. Olori ijo t’orun
   L’ayo l’a wole fun O,
   Ki O to de, ijo t’aye;
   Y’o ma korin bi t’orun’
   A gbe okan wa s’oke
   Ni ‘reti t’o ni ‘bukun,
   Awa kigbe, awa f’iyin
   F’Olorun igbala wa

2. ‘Gbat’ awa ninu ‘ponju
   T’a nkoja ninu ina
   Orin ife l’awa o ko
   Ti o nmu wa sun mo O;
   Awa sa pe, a si yo
   Ninu ojurere Re;
   Ife t’o so wa di Tire,
   Y’o se wa ni Tire lae

3. Iwo mu awon eniyan Re;
   Koja isan idanwo,
   A ki o beru wahala,
   Tori O wa nitosi
   Aye, ese, at’Esu.
   Kojuja si wa lasan
   L’agbara Re a o segun
   Ao si ko orin Mose.

4. Awa f'igbagbo r’ogo,
   Ti o tun nfe fi wa si;
   A kegan aye nitori
   Ere nla iwaju wa
   Bi O ba si ka wa ye
   Awa pelu Stef'n t’o sun
   Y’o ri O bi O ti duro
   Lati pe wa lo s’orun.
Amin.

TONIC SOLFA

Key: C Major

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Composed by: James Turle