When the King shall come
At the end of days,
All the saints of our God
Will be wel­comed home;
’Round the throne
They will ga­ther to sing His praise,
And will ne­ver again
From His pal­ace roam.

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When the King shall come,
When the King shall come,
Songs of joy will re­sound
From the east and west,
And the saved will re­joice
In that land of rest,
When the King shall come,
When the King shall come;
There’ll be glo­ry when
The King shall come.

When the King shall come,
Will He wel­come you?
Will He give you a place
With the saints who reign?
Or when judged by the King
In the last re­view,
Will you pass to the realms
Of eter­nal pain?

Refrain

When the King shall come
With a shout at dawn,
Earth and stars will dis­solve
In a fer­vent heat;
Jeweled crowns, from the mon­archs
Of earth with­drawn,
Will be cast with ho­san­nas
At Je­sus’ feet.

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