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As we begin the Advent season, here is a hymn from an anonymous Greek original which captures well our longing for Christ\u2019s return.<\/p>\nAs we begin the Advent season, here is a hymn from an anonymous Greek original which captures well our longing for Christ\u2019s return.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe King Shall Come When Morning Dawns\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The King shall come when morning dawns, Not as of old a little child O brighter than the rising morn O brighter than that glorious morn The King shall come when morning dawns, And let the endless bliss begin, The King shall come when morning dawns, –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unknown au\u00adthor; trans\u00adlat\u00aded from Greek to Eng\u00adlish by\u00a0<\/strong>John Brownlie\u00a0in\u00a0Hymns of the Russ\u00adian Church<\/em>, 1907<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we begin the Advent season, here is a hymn from an anonymous Greek original which captures well our longing for Christ\u2019s return. \u00a0 \u201cThe King Shall Come When Morning Dawns\u201d The King shall come when morning dawns, And light triumphant breaks; When beauty gilds the eastern hills, And life to joy awakes. Not as …<\/p>\n
\nAnd light triumphant breaks;
\nWhen beauty gilds the eastern hills,
\nAnd life to joy awakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo bear, and fight, and die,
\nBut crowned with glory like the sun
\nThat lights the morning sky.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhen He, victorious, rose,
\nAnd left the lonesome place of death,
\nDespite the rage of foes.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nShall this fair morning be,
\nWhen Christ, our King, in beauty comes,
\nAnd we His face shall see.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd earth\u2019s dark night is past;
\nO haste the rising of that morn,
\nThe day that aye shall last.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBy weary saints foretold,
\nWhen right shall triumph over wrong,
\nAnd truth shall be extolled.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd light and beauty brings:
\nHail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray,
\nCome quickly, King of kings.<\/strong><\/p>\n