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![]() | OLD 120THPublished in 8 hymnals |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6.6.6 |
| Incipit: | 13456 55671 67517 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Damon's Psalter (1579) and Este's Psalter (1592) (melody) |
Hail to the Lord who comes,
Comes to His temple gate;
Not with His angel host,
Not in His kingly state;
No shouts proclaim Him nigh,
No crowds His coming wait;
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Thy life was given for me!
Thy blood, O Lord, was shed
That I might ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead.
Thy life was given for me:
What have I given for Thee?
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| Incipit | First Line | Instances (1) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| 134565567167517 | Hail to the Lord who comes | The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916 #274 | Hail to the Lord who comes | John Ellerton | 6.6.6.6.6.6 | OLD ONE HUNDRED TWENTIETH | 1916 |
