The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
Hymn Information
Folder: Main I, no. 26
Tune used, name: 'St. Stephen'
Composer: Jones, William (1726–1800); composed in 1789
Lyricist: from a Greek hymn; translation by Brownlie, John (1857–1925) in 1907
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, Our Great Redeemer's Praise #286
Resources and Audios
Sheet music, project file and MIDI:
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Representative Text
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 light and beauty brings.
Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray:
Come quickly, King of kings!