THY KINGDOM COME! ON BENDED KNEE

 A HYMN FOR THE 24TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

By Frederick L. Hosmer, 1891

1 Thy kingdom come! On bended knee

the passing ages pray;

and faithful souls have yearned to see

on earth that kingdom's day.

 

2 But the slow watches of the night

not less to God belong;

and for the everlasting right

the silent stars are strong.

 

3 And lo, already on the hills

the flags of dawn appear;

gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,

proclaim the day is near:

 

4 The day in whose clear-shining light

all wrong shall stand revealed,

when justice shall be throned in might,

and every hurt be healed;

 

5  When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,

shall walk the earth abroad:

the day of perfect righteousness,

the promised day of God.