Simple Short Daily Prayer Books Series Book 2

Advent Season Christian Songs P6

Hymn 348: The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
Text: John Brownlie 1859-1925
Music/Tune: Repository of Sacred Music P2, Harrisburg 1813.

Verse 1: The King shall come when the morning dawns and light triumphant breaks
When beauty gilds the eastern hills and life to joy awakes.

Verse 2: 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.

Verse 3: Oh brighter than the rising morn when Christ victorious rose
And left the lonesome place of death despite the rage of foes.

Verse 4: Oh brighter than that glorious morn shall dawn upon our race
The day when Christ in splendor comes and we shall see His face.

Verse 5: The King shall come when the morning dawns and light and beauty brings.
Hail, Christ the Lord! Your people pray come quickly King of Kings!

Hymn 349: Hark The Glad Sound
Text: Philip Doddridge 1702-51
Music/Tune: Thomas Haweis 1734-1820

Verse 1: Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes!
The Savior promised long. Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne
And ev'ry voice a song.

Verse 2: He comes the prisoners to release in Satan's bondage held.
The gates of brass before Him burst the iron fetters yield.

Verse 3: He comes the broken heart to bind; the bleeding soul to cure.
And with treasures of His grace to enrich the humble poor.

Verse 4: Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim.
And heav'n's eternal arches ring with Thy beloved name.

Hymn 350: Come Thou Precious Ransom Come
Text: Johann Gottfried Olearius 1635-1711; translated August Crull 1845-1923.
Music/Tune: Neu-verfertigtes Darmstadtisches Gesang-Buch, Darmstadt 1699

Verse 1: Come Thou Precious Ransom come only hope for sinful mortals!
Come O Savior of the world!
Open are to Thee all portals. Come Thy beauty let us see.
Anxiously we wait for Thee.

Verse 2: Enter now my waiting heart Glorious King and Lord most holy.
Dwell in me and ne'er depart
Though I am but poor and lowly.
Ah what riches will be mine when Thou art my guest divine!

Verse 3: My hosannas and my psalms graciously receive I pray Thee.
Evermore as best as I can
Savior I will homage pay Thee.
And in faith, I will embrace Lord Thy merit through Thy grace.

Verse 4: Hail! Hosanna, David's Son! Jesus, hear our supplication!
Let Thy kingdom, scepter, crown
Bring us blessing and salvation
That forever we may sing. "Hail! Hosanna to our King!"