Monday, December 18, 2023

Monday Meditation: The King Shall Come


"Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up,
you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in!"
(Psalm 24:7)


Messiah Gate
Jerusalem, Israel
Image courtesy/Wikipedia




The King shall come when morning dawns,

And light triumphant breaks,

When beauty gilds the eastern hills

And life to joy awakes.


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.


O brighter than the rising morn

When He, victorious, rose,

And left the lonesome place of death,

Despite the rage of foes.


O brighter than the glorious morn

Shall this fair morning be,

When Christ our King in beauty comes,

And we His face shall see!


The King shall come when morning dawns

And light and beauty brings;

Hail Christ the Lord! Thy people pray,

Come quickly, King of kings!

Amen.



"The King Shall Come"
Translated from Greek by
 Reverend John Brownlie
(1859-1925)
Scottish clergyman and hymnist




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