Thy Kingdom Come (Stryker)

Thy king­dom come! O ev­er­last­ing Lord!

Fulfilling all the pro­mise of Thy word.

Cover with Thy ma­jes­ty

The earth

as wa­ter­floods o’er­spread the sea!

Let an­ar­chy and lust and false­hood yield

To signs and won­ders of Thine Arm re­vealed;

Wide world king­doms all be one—

The king­dom of our God and Christ His Son.

The winds Thy san­dals and the tides Thy path

Smite down op­press­ions with Thy rod of wrath.

Everlasting right­eous­ness

Bring in

Thou Prince

the wait­ing years to bless.

Bid tears of joy to long ex­pect­ant eyes.

Broader than noon­day let Thy light arise.

Far and wide Thy truth ad­vance

And take Thine ut­ter­most in­her­it­ance.

Thine un­seen scep­ter hath Thy reign be­gun

Amid the can­dles walks the Liv­ing One:

Oh! re­veal Thy won­drous way

Still bright­er

bright­er

to Thy per­fect day!

Aflame from east to west

where all was dark

Send Thy white light­nings hurtl­ing to their mark.

Every em­pire make Thee room—

The splen­dor of Thy Gos­pel ban­ish gloom!

Burst forth

O Bride­groom!

From Thy cham­bers bright

That

Time’s deep sha­dows swal­lowed up of light

Forth may stand Thy ho­ly Bride

And Thy soul’s tra­vail all be sa­tis­fied!

Fair as the moon

and clear as Thou her Sun

Appareled in the robes her faith hath won

Thou wilt take her then and own

The love nor wa­ters quenched

Nor floods could drown!

Long hath she wait­ed

Watched and mourned apart:

But now is set a seal up­on Thy heart

Joyful reads the way she trod

Submissive to the right­eous­ness of God!

Rejoice

ye saints

re­demp­tion’s day is near!

Tho’ we know not the hour He shall ap­pear

Yet shall ev­en­ing time be light

And glo­ri­ous noon­day fol­low hea­vy night.

Ah! cloud­less morn

When Christ

our Sun

shall rise

And Heav’n’s great day­break

Fill th’un­fold­ing skies!

None shall say

Lo! here!—or there!

For lo! the shin­ing dawn is ev­ery­where.