The Church — Dedication

Great King of glory, come

No. 1126
Metre H. M.
Tune DARWALL.
Words Benjamin Francis.
Music John Darwall.
Key D major
Singing key C major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Great King of glory, come,And with thy favor crownThis temple as thy home,This people as thine own;Beneath this roof, O deign to showHow God can dwell with men below.

Here may thine ears attendOur interceding cries,And grateful praise ascend,Like incense, to the skies;Here may thy word melodious sound,And spread celestial joys around.

Here may our unborn sonsAnd daughters sound thy praise,And shine, like polished stones,Through long-succeeding days;Here, Lord, display thy saving power,While temples stand and men adore.

Here may the listening throngReceive thy truth in love;Here Christians join the songOf seraphim above,Till all, who humbly seek thy face,Rejoice in thy abounding grace.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—DEDICATION.»; hymn number «1126» (large), tune name «DARWALL. H. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «JOHN DARWALL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Great»: «1. Great King of glo - ry, come, And with thy fa - vor crown» / «This tem - ple as thy home, This peo - ple as thine own;» / «Be-neath this roof, O deign to show How God can dwell with men be - low.» (see `lyrics_syllables.txt`). The reference line «252, 359,» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 252 and 359; it ends with a comma, see uncertainties.md). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2», «3», «4» without periods (written «2.» … here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented, lines 5 and 6 stand at the margin. «Benjamin Francis.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («own ;», «skies ;», «days ;», «love ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling («favor»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.