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Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: From heav'n to earth he cometh down Refrain First Line: Yes, King of kings truly is he Lyrics: 1 From heav’n to earth he cometh down; No gem has he, nor purple crown, No scepter bright, nor royal crown: Yet King of kings is Jesus! Chorus: Yes, King of kings truly is he; His name the joy of earth shall be; Throned in the light, Glorious and bright, Jesus the Lord of all. 2 No palace doors wide open stand, No martial music stirs the land To greet the Guest so close at hand: Yet King of kings is Jesus! [Chorus] 3 His coming brings to earth good cheer, Sweet memories forever dear; His love brings heav’n to mortals near, For King of kings is Jesus! [Chorus] Used With Tune: [From heav'n to earth he cometh down]

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[From heav'n to earth he cometh down]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Used With Text: King of Kings is Jesus

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King of Kings is Jesus

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #49 (1913) First Line: From heav'n to earth he cometh down Refrain First Line: Yes, King of kings truly is he Lyrics: 1 From heav’n to earth he cometh down; No gem has he, nor purple crown, No scepter bright, nor royal crown: Yet King of kings is Jesus! Chorus: Yes, King of kings truly is he; His name the joy of earth shall be; Throned in the light, Glorious and bright, Jesus the Lord of all. 2 No palace doors wide open stand, No martial music stirs the land To greet the Guest so close at hand: Yet King of kings is Jesus! [Chorus] 3 His coming brings to earth good cheer, Sweet memories forever dear; His love brings heav’n to mortals near, For King of kings is Jesus! [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [From heav'n to earth he cometh down]

King of kings is Jesus

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Selected Sunday School Songs #d36 (1923) First Line: From heaven to earth he cometh Languages: English

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "King of Kings is Jesus" Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[From heav'n to earth he cometh down]" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch