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Text:The King Is Coming!
Author:Ira D. Sankey
Tune:[Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming]
Composer:Ira David Sankey
Media:MIDI file

3540. The King Is Coming!

1. Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming!
And the time will not be long,
Until we hail the radiant dawning,
And lift up the glad new song.

Refrain
Oh, wondrous day! oh, glorious morning,
When the Son of Man shall come!
May we with lamps all trimmed and burning
Gladly welcome His return!
Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming!
And the time will not be long,
Until we hail the radiant dawning,
And lift up the glad new song.

2. With joy we wait our King’s returning
From His heavenly mansions fair;
And with ten thousand saints appearing
We shall meet Him in the air. [Refrain]

3. Oh, may we never weary, watching,
Never lay our armor down
Until He come, and with rejoicing
Give to each the promised crown. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming
Title: The King Is Coming!
Author: Ira D. Sankey (1888)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Some hymnals show the author as Rian A. Dykes, Sankey's pseudonym.
Tune Information
Name: [Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming]
Composer: Ira David Sankey (1888)
Incipit: 55321 76617 65517
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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