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Text:King Of The Ivory Palace
Adapter:Richard Adams
Author:Salathial C. Kirk
Tune:[Down came the King from palace of white]
Composer:George Coles Stebbins
Media:MIDI file

10967. King Of The Ivory Palace

1 Down came the King from palace of white,
Down to the earth, in darkest of night;
Our world to sweeten, lives to make bright,
King of the Ivory Palace has come!

2 Garments proclaiming cassia’s bloom,
Fragrant with aloe, myrrh’s dark perfume;
Ye kings and princes, prepare Him room;
King of the Ivory Palace has come.

3 How sad the world should eagerly wait,
Pining, they watched the Beautiful Gate,
Then turned away in anger and hate
When from the Ivory Palace He came.

4 The King returned to Heaven again;
Leaving His peace and joy with men,
And would the holy Comforter send,
The King of ivory palaces said.

5 Our King has said that He’ll come again;
We know not how, nor neither the when;
Watching and waiting, we’ll pray, and then
Up to the Ivory Palace ascend.

Text Information
First Line: Down came the King from palace of white
Title: King Of The Ivory Palace
Author: Salathial C. Kirk (1900)
Adapter: Richard Adams (2017)
Language: Latin
Source: Musings Along the Way (Philadelphia: A. H. Sickler & Company, 1900)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Down came the King from palace of white]
Composer: George Coles Stebbins (1907)
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Northfield Hymnal with Alexander's Supplement, 1907
Copyright: Public Domain



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