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236. The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns

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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 suffer and to 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
Whose day shall ever 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! 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
• Author: John Brownlie, 1857-1925 (alt.)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 96:13
  ;
  Psalm 98:9
  ;
  Matthew 24:30-31
  ;
  Mark 13:26
  ;
  Luke 21:25-28
  ;
  2 Peter 1:19
  ;
  Revelation 22:20
• Topic: Advent Season; Christ the King; Funeral: Sacraments; Eternal Life; Hope; Morning; Petition, Prayer; Second Coming

Tune Information

• Name: MORNING SONG
• Arranger: Robert J. Batastini, b.1942
• Meter: CM
• Key: f minor
• Source: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 1813
• Copyright: arr. © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc.