Come, thou Conqueror of the nations

Come, thou Conqueror of the nations

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: CORONAE (Monk)
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1. Come, Thou conqueror of the nations,
Now on Thy white horse appear;
Earthquakes, famines, desolations
Signify Thy kingdom near:
True and faithful!
Stablish Thy dominion here.

2. Thine the kingdom, power, and glory;
Thine the ransomed nations are.
Let the heathen fall before Thee,
Let the isles Thy power declare.
Judge and conquer
All mankind in righteous war.

3. Thee let all mankind admire,
Object of our joy and dread!
Flame Thine eyes with heavenly fire,
Many crowns upon Thy head.
But Thine essence
None, except Thyself, can read.

4. Yet we know our mediator,
By the Father’s grace bestowed;
Meanly clothed in human nature,
Thee we call the Word of God.
Flesh Thy garment,
Dipped in Thy own sacred blood.

5. Captain, God of our salvation,
Thou who hast the wine press trod,
Borne the Almighty’s indignation,
Quenched the fiercest wrath of God,
Take the kingdom,
Claim the purchase of Thy blood.

6. On Thy thigh and clothing written,
Show the world Thy heavenly name,
That, with loving wonder smitten,
All may glorify the Lamb.
All adore Thee,
All the Lord of hosts proclaim.

7. Honor, glory, and salvation
To the Lord our God we give.
Power, and endless adoration,
Thou art worthy to receive.
Reign triumphant,
King of kings, forever live!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #1047

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Come, thou Conqueror of the nations
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Come, Thou Conqueror of the nations. C. Wesley. [Whitsuntide.] From his Hymns on the Expected Invasion, 1759, when it was feared that an attack on England would be made by the French. The tract was published in 1759, this hymn being No. 8, in 8 stanzas of 6 lines. In 1830 it was included, with the omission of stanza v., in the Supplement to the Wesleyan Hymn Book, and is retained in the ed. of 1875. It is also found in other collections, including Kennedy, 1863, No. 1077, where it is given as "Come, great Conqueror of the nations, in 5 stanzas, the abbreviation being made by the omission of stanzas iii. and iv. Original text, Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. vi. p. 160.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

CORONAE (Monk)

William H. Monk (PHH 332) composed CORONAE in 1871. The following year it was published in J Ireland Tucker's Hymnal with Tunes Old and New as a setting for Thomas Kelly's text "Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious." That text had "Crown him!" in each stanza, thus the title for this tune. A bar fo…

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