Make Way for the King

Make way for the King! He is com­ing

In heav­en­ly splen­dor ar­rayed;

Ye Christ­ians who love His ap­pear­ing

Keep watch­ing

and be not dis­mayed.

One day in the fast-near­ing fu­ture

As the days and the years roll by

The eyes of all na­tions shall see Him

In glo­ry des­cend from the sky.

Make way

make way!

Let earth with its ju­bi­lees ring.

Make way

make way!

And crown Him Sav­ior and King.

Make way for the King! He is com­ing;

Make way for the Lord in your heart;

All en­vy and ma­lice and hat­red

O bid it for­ev­er de­part.

Let love reign su­preme in your spir­it

Your ene­mies free­ly for­give;

In right­eous­ness

peace and sub­mis­sion

Make haste for His com­ing to live.

Make way for the King! Let your ar­mor

Be gleam­ing

and bur­nished with pray­er;

Beneath the bright folds of His ban­ner

Your love and de­vo­tion de­clare.

With ar­dor and zeal un­abat­ed

By word and by act­ion pro­claim

This truth to the peo­ple around you

That Je­sus is com­ing again.

Make way for the King! He is com­ing;

Go out on the high­way and street

And res­cue the care­less and sin­ful

The maimed and the poor whom you meet.

Go ga­ther the sheep and the lamb­kins

Who per­ish from hun­ger and cold;

The King will re­joice when He com­eth

To find them all safe in His fold.

Make way for the King! He is com­ing

The ho­ly

the pow­er­ful One;

The earth shall be filled with His glo­ry

In bright­ness tran­scend­ing the sun.

Rejoice and be glad

all ye people

Let earth with your ju­bi­lees ring;

With songs and ho­san­nas re­ceive Him

And crown Him your Sav­ior and King.