Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#10

10. The King shall come when morning dawns

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. A-men.

3 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;

4 And let the endless bliss begin,
By weary saints foretold,
When right shall triumph over wrong,
And truth shall be extolled.

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

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The King shall come when morning dawns
• Author: John Brownlie, 1859-1925
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Advent
• Copyright: From Hymns of the Russian Church by permission of the Oxford University Press.

Tune Information

• Name: FARRANT
• Composer: Richard Farrant, c.1530 - 80
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major