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Christ in Song 575

WHEN THE KING SHALL CLAIM HIS OWN

Words: E. J. HopkinsMusic: James McGranahan

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1"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." - Matt. 16:27.
When the King shall claim his own, What a gathering that will be! When the ran-somed Christ shall crown In the land beyond the sea;
O the rap-ture of his people! Every joy unknown and blest, Won by far of turning flam-ed.

RefrainWe shall greet the loved and loving,
Just a-waits will then be given, When the King shall claim his own, Every heart a-che will be finished;
They will pass the pearly portals, When the King shall claim his own, When the King shall claim his own;
All the crown will their redemption, When the King shall claim his own.

2Long-er should that was the harvest, Sev-'ring each the precious wheat from the weeds, Then the saints shall bright appear;
At the judgment seat of Christ, When the King, the righteous Judge, shall sep-a-rate the chaff from those with blessed harvest.

3And to judge the world up-tight, Faith-ful and wise shall their treasure, All shall stand be-fore the throne;
Rich in faith and heir with Christ, Of all their due ma-nes-ty, Then is where a hope in Christ,
In the glad mil-len-nial years, They will share the bliss of heav-en, New-er more to toil, or mourn.

Scripture
Matt. 16:27

Copyright, 1900, by James McGranahan. Used by permission

The verse

Meter
36.29.23
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 44% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." - Matt. 16:27.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//36A
When the King shall claim his own, What a gathering that will be! When the ran-somed Christ shall crown In the land beyond the sea;/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/29B
O the rap-ture of his people! Every joy unknown and blest, Won by far of turning flam-ed.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/23C

Verse 2

Long-er should that was the harvest, Sev-'ring each the precious wheat from the weeds, Then the saints shall bright appear;/˘˘˘˘˘/˘??/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/25A
At the judgment seat of Christ, When the King, the righteous Judge, shall sep-a-rate the chaff from those with blessed harvest.˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘26B

Verse 3

And to judge the world up-tight, Faith-ful and wise shall their treasure, All shall stand be-fore the throne;˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/22A
Rich in faith and heir with Christ, Of all their due ma-nes-ty, Then is where a hope in Christ,/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/???/˘/˘/˘/21B
In the glad mil-len-nial years, They will share the bliss of heav-en, New-er more to toil, or mourn.˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/23C

Refrain

We shall greet the loved and loving,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Just a-waits will then be given, When the King shall claim his own, Every heart a-che will be finished;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘24B
They will pass the pearly portals, When the King shall claim his own, When the King shall claim his own;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/22C
All the crown will their redemption, When the King shall claim his own./˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15C

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.