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Text:The King Shall Come
Author:John Brownlie, 1859-1925
Tune:CONSOLATION

26. The King Shall Come

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 Oh, brighter than the rising morn
When Christ, victorious, rose
And left the lonesome place of death
Despite the rage of foes.

4 Oh, brighter than that glorious morn
Shall dawn upon our race
The day when Christ in splendor comes
And we shall see his face.

5 The King shall come when morning dawns
And light and beauty brings.
Hail, Christ the Lord! Your people pray:
Come quickly, King of kings.

Text Information
First Line: The King shall come when morning dawns
Title: The King Shall Come
Author: John Brownlie, 1859-1925 (alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Topic: Advent; Christ the King; Judgment
Tune Information
Name: CONSOLATION
Key: f minor
Source: John Wyeth, Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813
Copyright: Arr. © 1969 Concordia Publishing House.



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