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Hymns and Tunes 1886 36

Come, thou almighty King

Words: Charles Wesley165, 127, 664

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1Come, thou almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise.
Father all-glorious,
O'er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.

2Come, thou incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend.
Come and thy people bless,
And give thy word success;
Spirit of holiness,
On us descend.

3Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour!
Thou who almighty art,
Rule now in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power.

4Thou art the mighty One,
On earth thy will be done,
From shore to shore.
Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And through eternity
Love and adore.

Also sung to
Italian Hymn (SDA Hymnal #71, Church Hymnal #3, Hymns and Tunes 1886 #351); Madrid (Christ in Song #316)
Meter
165, 127, 664

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The verse

Meter
6.6.4.5.6.6.4 · the hymnal prints 165, 127, 664
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 49% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABCDEB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Come, thou almighty King,//˘/˘/6A
Help us thy name to sing,/˘//˘/6A
Help us to praise./˘˘/4B
Father all-glorious,/˘???5C
O'er all victorious,//˘/˘˘6D
Come, and reign over us,/˘//˘˘6E
Ancient of Days./˘˘/4B

Verse 2

Come, thou incarnate Word,////˘/6A
Gird on thy mighty sword,/˘//˘/6B
Our prayer attend./˘/˘/5C
Come and thy people bless,/˘//˘/6D
And give thy word success;˘///˘/6D
Spirit of holiness,/˘˘/˘˘6E
On us descend.˘˘˘/4C

Verse 3

Come, holy Comforter,//˘/˘˘6A
Thy sacred witness bear//˘/˘/6B
In this glad hour!˘˘//˘5C
Thou who almighty art,/˘˘/˘/6D
Rule now in every heart,//˘/˘˘/7D
And ne'er from us depart,˘/˘˘˘/6D
Spirit of power./˘˘/˘5C

Verse 4

Thou art the mighty One,//˘/˘/6A
On earth thy will be done,˘//˘˘/6A
From shore to shore.˘/˘/4B
Thy sovereign majesty//˘/˘˘6C
May we in glory see,˘˘˘/˘/6D
And through eternity˘/˘/˘˘6E
Love and adore./˘˘/4B

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.