The Kingdom, Op. 51: V. The Upper Room: "The Voice of Joy" (Chorus)

The Disciples and the Holy Women:

The voice of joy is in the dwelling of the righteous:

the stone which the builders rejected

is become the head of the corner.

John:

The rulers asked:

'By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?'

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said

'In the Name of Jesus Christ.'

The Disciples and the Holy Women:

In none other is there salvation:

neither is there, under heaven,

any other name wherein we must be saved.

Peter:

And when they took knowledge of us that we had been with Jesus,

they charged us not to speak at all, nor teach in His Name,

we cannot but speak the things we saw and heard.

John:

Finding nothing how they might punish us, concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, they further threatened us,

and being let go, we are come to our own company.

 

The Disciples and the Holy Women:

Lord, Thou didst make the heaven,

and the earth, and the sea,

and all that in them is.

The rulers gather together against the Lord and His Anointed:

Lord, behold their threatenings,

grant Thy servants to speak Thy word with all boldness,

while Thou stretchest forth Thy hand to heal.

Praise the Name of our God

That hath dealt wondrously with us.