The King of Glory of Comes, The Nation Rejoices

LYRICS
Refrain:
The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices.
Open the gates before him, lift up your voices.
Verse 1:
Who is the King of glory, how shall we call him?
He is Emmanuel, the promised of ages.
(Refrain)
Verse 2:
In all of Galilee, in city or village,
He goes among his people curing their illness.
(Refrain)
Verse 3:
Sing then of David’s Son, our Savior and brother;
In all of Galilee was never another.
(Refrain)
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Scripture References:
st. 1 = Ps. 24:8, Isa. 7:14
st. 2 = Matt. 4:23
st. 3 = Isa. 53:12
st. 4 = 1 Cor. 15:57, John 14:2
ref. = Ps. 24:7, Ps. 67:4
Catholic priest Willard F.Jabusch (PHH 210) wrote this text in five stanzas in 1965 in Niles, Illinois, for use by the parish folk-music ensemble of St. Celestine's Roman Catholic Church in Elmwood Park, Illinois. The text was published in Hymnal for Young Christians (1966), one of the first English Roman Catholic hymnals published in the United States after Vatican II.
Stanza 1 and the refrain are based on Psalm 24:7-8; stanzas 2 and 3 recall Jesus' ministry and his death to atone for sin; stanza 4 confesses Christ's victory over death and the coming of his kingdom. The original third stanza was not included.