356. Thy Kingdom come! O Lord, we daily cry
Henry W. Hawkes, 1843-1917
One of our few hymns on the petition, “Thy Kingdom come.” It is an earnest prayer for social righteousness and peace. The hymn was written by Henry Warburton Hawkes, an English Unitarian.
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MUSIC. FFIGYSBREN. For comments on this tune see [Hymn 183].