Trinity Hymnal ‎#236

236. 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.

3 O brighter than the rising morn
When he, victorious rose,
And left the lonesome place of death,
Despite the rage of foes;

4 O brighter than that glorious morn
Shall this fair morning be,
When Christ, our King, in beauty comes,
And we his face shall see.

5 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;

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

7 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 (1907)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:9
  ;
  Revelation 22:20
• Topic: Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Kingly Office of; Christ: Second Coming and Judgment of
• Source: Greek (based on)
• Copyright: Words from Hymns of the Russian Church. Used by permission of Oxford University Press, London

Tune Information

• Name: ST. STEPHEN
• Composer: William Jones (1789)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major