The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2050

2050. Great King of Glory, Come

1. Great King of glory, come,
And with Thy favor crown
This temple as Thy home,
This people as Thine own;
Beneath this roof, O deign to show
How God can dwell with men below.

2. In sweet, exalted strains
The King of glory praise;
O’er Heav’n and earth He reigns
Through everlasting days;
He, with a nod, the world controls
Sustains or sinks the distant poles.

3. To earth He bends His throne,
His throne of grace divine;
Wide is His bounty known,
And wide His glories shine;
Fair Salem still His chosen rest
Is with His smiles and presence blest.

4. Here may Thine ears attend
Our interceding cries,
And grateful praise ascend,
Like incense, to the skies:
Here may Thy Word melodious sound,
And spread celestial joys around.

5. Here may our unborn sons
And daughters sound Thy praise,
And shine, like polished stones,
Through long succeeding days;
Here, Lord, display Thy saving power,
While temples stand and men adore.

6. Here may the listening throng
Receive Thy truth in love;
Here Christians join the song
Of seraphim above;
Till all, who humbly seek Thy face,
Rejoice in Thy abounding grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Great King of glory, come
• Title: Great King of Glory, Come
• Author: Benjamin Francis (1774)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: The first verse below was originally the third. John Rippon's hymnal gives this work with the note: Sung on opening of the Meeting House at Horseley, Gloucestershire [his chapel], September 18, 1774; and also at the opening of the New Meeting House, at Downend, near Bristol, October 4, 1786.

Tune Information

• Name: CHRIST CHURCH
• Composer: Charles Steggall, 1826-1905 (1865)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Incipit: 13512 51655 43235
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain