Text: | Thy kingdom come! on bended knee |
Author: | Frederick Hosmer, 1840-1929 |
Tune: | IRISH |
Composer: | Unknown |
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 every 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 | |
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First Line: | Thy kingdom come! on bended knee |
Author: | Frederick Hosmer, 1840-1929 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | Church and People: The Kingdom of God; The Christian Year: Advent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IRISH |
Composer: | Unknown |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E Major |
Source: | Ashworth's Collection of Tunes, c. 1760; Present version from A Collection of Hymns by S. Powell, Dublin 1749 |