Text: | The King Shall Come |
Translator: | John Brownlie, 1859-1925 |
Tune: | METROPOLITAN |
Composer: | John T. Layton |
1 The King shall come when morning dawns
And light triumphant breaks;
When beauty gilds the eastern hills
And life to joy awakes.
2 Not as of old a little child,
To bear and fight and die,
But crowned with glory like the sun
That lights the morning sky.
3 The King shall come when morning dawns
And earth's dark night is past;
O haste the rising of that morn,
The day that aye shall last.
4 And let the endless bliss begin
By weary saints foretold:
When right shall triumph over wrong,
And truth shall be extolled.
5 The King shall come when morning dawns
And light and beauty brings;
Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray,
Come quickly, King of kings.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The King shall come when morning dawns |
Title: | The King Shall Come |
Translator: | John Brownlie, 1859-1925 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Dedication and Consecration; MORNING |
Source: | Anonymous Greek |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | METROPOLITAN |
Composer: | John T. Layton |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major or modal |