Bible Songs — Judgment and Second Advent

When the King Shall Claim His Own

In the glad time of the harvest

No. 1332
Tune WHEN THE KING SHALL CLAIM HIS OWN.
Words L. D. Santee.
Music Edwin Barnes.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

In the glad time of the harvest,In the grand millennial year,When the King shall take his scepter,And to judge the world appear,Earth and sea shall yield their treasure,All shall stand before the throne;Just awards will then be given,When the King shall claim his own.

O the rapture of his people!Long they've dwelt on earth's low sod,With their hearts e'er turning homeward,Rich in faith and love to God.They will share the life immortal,They will know as they are known,They will pass the pearly portal,When the King shall claim his own.

Long they've toiled within the harvest,Sown the precious seed with tears;Soon they'll drop their heavy burdensIn the glad millennial years;They will share the bliss of heaven,Nevermore to sigh or moan;Starry crowns will then be given,When the King shall claim his own,

We shall greet the loved and loving,Who have left us lonely here;Every heart-ache will be banishedWhen the Saviour shall appear;Never grieved with sin or sorrow,Never weary or alone;O, we long for that glad morrowWhen the King shall claim his own.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1332» (large, left), title «WHEN THE KING SHALL CLAIM HIS OWN.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); under it the epigraph in two centred lines, «"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.» (old-style figures); then «L. D. SANTEE.» at the left (words) and «EDWIN BARNES.» at the right (music), capitals and small capitals; no meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line, no chorus and no running head. The four stanzas are interlinear, four lines between the staves of every system, numbered «1.»–«4.» in system 1; each stanza is eight verse lines (8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7), two per system, given here as the verse lines of the poem. Under the music, centred: «Copyrighted 1886 by Edwin Barnes.» and the page number «543». Syllable hyphens are joined («har-vest», «mil-len-nial», «rap-ture», «peo-ple», «prec-ious», «lov-ing», «lone-ly», «scep-ter», «ap-pear», «turn-ing», «home-ward», «heav-y», «bur-dens», «Ev-ery», «ban-ished», «Sav-iour», «be-fore», «im-mor-tal», «hea-ven», «Nev-er-more», «Nev-er», «sor-row», «wea-ry», «a-lone», «a-wards», «giv-en», «pear-ly», «por-tal», «Star-ry», «mor-row»); «heart - ache» is given as «heart-ache» (see `uncertainties.md`). Two words are printed unbroken under two notes: «within» (stanza 3, system 1) and «treasure,» (stanza 1, system 3). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («tears ;», «here ;», «peo - ple !», «years ;», «throne ;», «moan ;»); it is closed up here, and «they 'll» (stanza 3, system 2, a space before the apostrophe) is written «they'll»; quotation marks and apostrophes are written straight. Words set closed up by the compositor are spaced («they'vedweltonearth'slowsod,», «Longthey'vetoiledwithin»). Spelling and punctuation are the print's («scepter», «Saviour», «e'er», «they've»; no comma after «morrow» in stanza 4; stanza 3 ends with a comma, «own,»). Two ink marks of the copy (a wavy line over «EDWIN BARNES.» and a blotted letter like «R» in the top right corner) are handwritten, not printed, and are not part of the text.