THY kingdom come. Thus day by day
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The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
31 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Millennial Harp #12 · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1876 #347
Verse 1
THY kingdom come. Thus day by day, We lift our hands to God and pray; But who has ever duly weighed The meaning of the words he said?
Verse 1
THY kingdom come. Thus day by day, We lift our hands to God and pray; But who has ever truly weighed The meaning of the words he said?
Verse 2
Thy kingdom come. O day of joy, When praise shall every tongue em-ploy; When hatred, strife and battles cease And man with man shall be at peace.
Verse 2
Thy kingdom come. O day of joy, When praise shall fill every tongue
employ; When hate and strife shall be no more, And man with man shall all be peace.
Not in this version
Verse 3
Jesus shall reign on Zion's hill, And all the earth with glory fill; When Satan's reign shall have an end, And sin and death afflict no more.
Verse 3
Then bears and wolves, no longer
wild,
Obey the leading of a child;
The lions with the oxen eat,
And dust shall be the serpent's meat
Not in this version
Verse 4
Then all shall know and serve the
Lord,
And walk according to his word;
His glory spread around shall be,
As waters cover o'er the sea.
Not in this version
Verse 5
God's holy will shall then be done By all who live beneath the sun; And every evil will remove, For God will reign, and "God is love."
Verse 4
Then all the hosts of heaven shall sing, By all who live beneath the sun; For saints shall then as angels be, All changed to immortality.