Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#22a

22a. O Rex Gentium

O King of the Gentiles, and their desire, the Cornerstone, who makes both into one. Come, and save us, whom you have made from the dust of Earth.

Text Information

• First Line: O King of the Gentiles, and their desire
• Title: O Rex Gentium
• Translator: A. J. Beresford Hope (1846)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Haggai 2:6-7
• Topic: Advent
• Notes: [Latin, 8th cen.,] tr. by A.J. Beresford Hope in Sacred Hymns and Anthems (1846), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: O REX GENTIUM
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: Liber Usualis