Text:Thy kingdom come!
Author:Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929
Tune:IRISH

690. Thy kingdom come!

1 Thy kingdom come! on bended knee
the passing ages pray;
and faithful souls have yearned to see
on earth that kingdom's day

2 But the slow watches of the night
not less to God belong;
and for the everlasting right
the silent stars are strong.

3 And lo, already on the hills
the flags of dawn appear;
gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
proclaim the day is near.

4 The day in whose clear-shining light
all wrong shall stand revealed,
when justice shall be throned in might,
and ev'ry hurt be healed.

5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,
shall walk the earth abroad:
the day of perfect righteousness,
the promised day of God.

Text Information
First Line: Thy kingdom come! on bended knee
Title: Thy kingdom come!
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Advent; Evangelism; Hope and Consolation (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: IRISH
Meter: CM
Key: D Major
Source: "Hymns and Sacred Poems", Dublin (1749)



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