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Text:'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
Author:Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929)
Tune:IRISH

473. 'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee

1 'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
the passing ages pray;
and faithful souls have yearned to see
on earth that kingdom's day.

2 But the slow watches of the night
not less to God belong;
and for the everlasting right
the silent stars are strong.

3 And lo, already on the hills
the flags of dawn appear;
gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
proclaim the day is near:

4 The day in whose clear-shining light
all wrong shall stand revealed,
when justice shall be throned with might,
and every heart be healed:

5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,
shall walk the earth abroad,
the day of perfect righteousness,
the promised day of God.

Text Information
First Line: 'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2008
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Topic: Life in Christ: Christ Risen - Coming Again; Christian Year: Advent; Justice and Peace (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: IRISH
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major
Source: A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems, Dublin, 1749; Harm: compilers of English Hymnal, 1906



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