55 | The Hymnal#56 | 57 |
Text: | Thy kingdom come! on bended knee |
Author: | Frederick L. Hosmer |
Tune: | ST. FLAVIAN |
Thy kingdom come! on bended knee
The passing ages pray;
And faithful souls have yearned to see
On earth that kingdom's day.
But the slow watches of the night
Not less to God belong;
And for the everlasting right
The silent stars are strong.
And lo, already on the hills
The flags of dawn appear;
Gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
Proclaim the day is near:
The day in whose clear-shining light
All wrong shall stand revealed,
When justice shall be throned in might,
And every hurt be healed;
When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,
Shall walk the earth abroad;
The day of perfect righteousness,
The promised day of God.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Thy kingdom come! on bended knee |
Author: | Frederick L. Hosmer (1891) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Advent; Sunday Schools: Missions |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. FLAVIAN |
Meter: | C.M. |
Incipit: | 11713 22114 31233 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Day's Psalter, 1562 |