King of Kings is Jesus

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From heaven to earth he cometh down

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [From heaven to earth he cometh down]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 From heav’n to earth he cometh down;
No gem has he, nor purple crown,
No scepter bright, nor royal crown:
Yet King of kings is Jesus!

Chorus:
Yes, King of kings truly is he;
His name the joy of earth shall be;
Throned in the light,
Glorious and bright,
Jesus the Lord of all.

2 No palace doors wide open stand,
No martial music stirs the land
To greet the Guest so close at hand:
Yet King of kings is Jesus! [Chorus]

3 His coming brings to earth good cheer,
Sweet memories forever dear;
His love brings heav’n to mortals near,
For King of kings is Jesus! [Chorus]

Source: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #49

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	From heaven to earth he cometh down
Title:	King of Kings is Jesus
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Refrain First Line:	Yes, King of kings truly is he
Publication Date:	1912
Copyright:	Public Domain