Celebrating Grace Hymnal ‎#97

97. The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns

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 e'er shall last.

4 Then 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! Your people pray,
come quickly, King of kings!

Text Information

• First Line: The King shall come when morning dawns
• Title: The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
• Translator: John Brownlie
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: God the Son: Advent; Christian Year-Advent; Jesus Christ-Return
• Source: Ancient Greek hymn

Tune Information

• Name: MORNING SONG
• Harmonizer: Donald Murphy (2008)
• Meter: CM
• Key: f minor
• Source: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813
• Copyright: Harm. © 2010 Celebrating Grace, Inc.