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The Coming of the King

Author: Rebecca S. Pollard Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Are you waiting for the coming of the King Refrain First Line: Are you looking for the King?

[Are you waiting for the coming of the King?]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel Brink Towner Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12333 35321 31234 Used With Text: The Coming Of The King

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Author: Rebecca Smith Pollard Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8216 First Line: Are you waiting for the coming of the King? Refrain First Line: Are you looking for the King? Lyrics: 1 Are you waiting for the coming of the King? Have your lives been purged of all their sin and dross? With the healing blood applied, Can you praise the Crucified For your glorious redemption thro’ the cross? Refrain: Are you looking for the King? For the coming of the King? Are your lamps all trimmed and burning while He waits? Can you join the ransomed throng In their grand, triumphant song, As the shining ones come sweeping thro’ the gates? 2 Are you waiting for the coming of the King? Are you ready in your hearts and in your homes? Are you longing for the day When the mists shall roll away And reveal the Lord of glory when He comes? [Refrain] 3 Are you listening for the coming of the King? Have your sins tho’ scarlet all been blotted out? Are they spotless robes you wear For the meeting in the air When descending hosts proclaim Him with a shout? [Refrain] 4 Are you watching for the coming of the King? For the light to break resplendent in the east? For the gates to open wide When the Bridegroom with His bride Shall ascend to celebrate the marriage feast? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you waiting for the coming of the King?]

The Coming of the King

Author: Rebecca S. Pollard Hymnal: The Revival No. 4 #67 (1903) First Line: Are you waiting for the coming of the King? Refrain First Line: Are you looking for the King? Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you waiting for the coming of the King?]

The Coming of the King

Author: Rebecca S. Pollard Hymnal: Hymns of Faith and Praise #82 (1901) First Line: Are you waiting for the coming of the King? Refrain First Line: Are you looking for the King? Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you waiting for the coming of the King?]

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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel Brink Towner Composer of "[Are you waiting for the coming of the King?]" in The Cyber Hymnal Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

Rebecca S. Pollard

1831 - 1917 Person Name: Rebecca Smith Pollard Author of "The Coming Of The King" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: Kate Harrington Born: September 20, 1831, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Died: May 29, 1917, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Buried: Farmington, Iowa. A teacher, writer and poet, Pollard spent her most productive years in Iowa. Her father, Professor N. R. Smith, was a playwright and authority on Shakespeare. She was married to New York poet and editor Oliver I. Taylor. She was the anonymous author of Emma Bartlett, or Prejudice and Fanaticism, a fictional reply to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, intended to expose the hypocrisy of Know-Nothingism. Pollard’s family moved to Ohio, then Kentucky, where she worked as a teacher. Later, she taught in Chicago, Illinois. Pollard lived in various Iowa cities, including Farmington, Keosauqua, Burlington, Ft. Madison and Keokuk. She began her writing career with the Louisville Journal, whose editor opposed secession and was an important influence in keeping Kentucky in the Union. In her Letters from a Prairie Cottage, Pollard included a children’s corner with tales about taming and raising animals and of a cat who adopted orphan chicks. Pollard also wrote other children’s books, including a primer and a speller. Pollard’s work in the field of reading represented a pioneer effort to create a sequential reading program of intensive synthetic phonics, complete with a separate teacher’s manual and spelling and reading books, and moving into a broad based graded series of literature readers. Her series is important for its high correlation of spelling and reading instruction, for its concern for the interests of children, for its incorporation of music into the process of learning to read, and as the forerunner for other phonics systems. Her readers were used in every state in America and were used in Keokuk, Iowa, as late as 1937. Few women have single-handedly contributed so much to the field of reading. In 1869, Pollard published a book of poems titled Maymie, as a tribute to her ten year old daughter who died that year. She followed up the next year with In Memoriam, Maymie, April 6th, 1869, a meditation on death and suffering Emma Bartlett received mixed reviews when it was published in 1856. The Ohio Statesman gave a very good review, but the Cincinnati Times said, "We have read this book. We pronounce the plot an excellent one and the style charming, but she has failed to fulfill the intended mission of the book." It accused her of also showing prejudice and fanaticism typical of the politicians she tried to defend. In 1876, she published Centennial, and Other Poems to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence, and the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first official World’s Fair held in the United States. The volume included many poems about Iowa, selected poems of Pollard’s father, and illustrations of the Centennial grounds in Philadelphia. Pollard was 79 years old when she produced the poem, "Althea" or "Morning Glory", which relates to Iowa. --www.hymntime.com/tch/