The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13053

13053. All Hail, Mysterious King

1 All hail, mysterious King!
Hail, David’s ancient root!
Thou righteous Branch,
Which thence did spring,
To give the nations fruit.

2 Our weary souls shall rest
Beneath Thy grateful shade;
Our thirsting lips
Salvation taste;
Our fainting hearts are glad.

3 Fair Morning-Star, arise,
With living glories bright,
And pour on these
Awakening eyes
A flood of sacred light.

4 The horrid gloom is fled,
Pierced by Thy beauteous ray;
Shine, and our wand’ring
Footsteps lead
To everlasting day.

Text Information

• First Line: All hail, mysterious King!
• Title: All Hail, Mysterious King
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: SNOWFIELD by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: SOLDIERS OF CHRIST
• Composer: William Pierson Merrill (1921)
• Meter: SM
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain