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St. Stephen

The King shall come when morning dawns

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Modality

G Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Composer

William Jones [1726-1800 (alt.)]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Source

Greek

Translator

John Brownlie [1859-1925 (alt.)]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Dec 07, 2025 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 15, 2024 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 04, 2016 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 07, 2014 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Dec 22, 2013 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

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.

The King shall come when morning dawns
and earth's dark night is past;
O haste the rising of that morn,
the day that e'er shall last;

and let the endless bliss begin,
by weary saints foretold,
when right shall triumph over wrong,
and truth shall be extolled.

The King shall come when morning dawns
and light and beauty brings:
Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray,
come quickly, King of kings.