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Christ in Song 37

When the King Comes In

Words: J. E. RankinMusic: Anonymous

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1"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom."—Matt. 25: 34. Come to the heart where thy thorns have been, Glo - ri - ous! set he who once died for men; Splendid the Come ev'ry one, oh the least where they have been thrown, Then he who has been sor - row-scare for you, throne where they Life's bat - tles fought, the vic - to-ry won; Like light-ning's flash will thy kingdom come; Aye but Let there the sad sep - a - ra - tion then, For the cry of de - light and pain; Aye but But for the the For thy.

RefrainWhen the King comes in! When the King comes in! When the King comes in!

2Gates, friends, with thee and me When the King comes in! When the King comes in! Of my dead - ly, oh, we meet me there, When the King comes in! We will each neigh-bor know, When the King comes in, When the King comes in, breth-ren, for but to see thy face When thou com - est in.

Music
Anonymous
Scripture
Matt. 25:34

Used by permission

The verse

Meter
118
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom."—Matt. 25: 34. Come to the heart where thy thorns have been, Glo - ri - ous! set he who once died for men; Splendid the Come ev'ry one, oh the least where they have been thrown, Then he who has been sor - row-scare for you, throne where they Life's bat - tles fought, the vic - to-ry won; Like light-ning's flash will thy kingdom come; Aye but Let there the sad sep - a - ra - tion then, For the cry of de - light and pain; Aye but But for the the For thy./˘˘///˘˘˘˘/////˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘////˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘//˘/˘˘//˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘???˘˘//˘//˘/˘/˘˘///˘/˘//˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘˘˘˘˘/118A

Verse 2

Gates, friends, with thee and me When the King comes in! When the King comes in! Of my dead - ly, oh, we meet me there, When the King comes in! We will each neigh-bor know, When the King comes in, When the King comes in, breth-ren, for but to see thy face When thou com - est in.//˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘//˘˘˘//˘//˘//˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘˘//////˘˘59A

Refrain

When the King comes in! When the King comes in! When the King comes in!/˘//˘/˘//˘/˘//˘15A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.