Text: | The King Shall Come |
Translator: | John Brownlie |
Tune: | KENTUCKY HARMONY |
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 O brighter than the rising morn
When He, victorious, rose
And left the lonesome place of death,
Despite the rage of foes:
4 O brighter than that glorious morn
Shall this fair morning be,
When Christ our King in beauty comes
And we His face shall see!
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!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The King shall come when morning dawns |
Title: | The King Shall Come |
Translator: | John Brownlie (1907) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1974 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Ascension and Reign; Christ: Advent (second); Christ: Reign(2 more...) |
Source: | Early Greek Hymn |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KENTUCKY HARMONY |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | f minor |