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The King Shall Come

Meter 8 6 8 6

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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 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 earth's dark night is past; O haste the rising of that morn, The day that aye shall last.

Words: unknown; translated by John Brownlie (1857–1925)
Music: John Wyeth (1770–1858); setting by unknown
Scripture: Zeph 1:14, Rev 22:20
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.