Scripture Verse

I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:3

Introduction

Words & Music: Fran­cis A. Black­mer, in Har­vest Bells No. 1, ed­it­ed by Will­iam E. Penn (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1887) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Black­mer (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

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Second Coming
Cadetgray, Wikimedia
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Jesus, my Sav­ior, is com­ing again,
Sound out the ti­dings o’er earth and main;
Coming to ga­ther His peo­ple and reign,
Coming to earth again.

Refrain

Coming again, com­ing again,
Jesus is com­ing, pro­long the strain;
Coming again, com­ing again,
Coming on earth to reign.

Jesus is com­ing, oh, won­der­ful word,
Sweeter than any on earth I’ve heard,
He whom my soul over all hath pre­ferred,
Coming to earth again.

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Oh, can it be He is com­ing ere long,
He whom I’m trust­ing with faith so strong,
He who alone is the theme of my song,
Coming to earth again?

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Why should the tid­ings bring glad­ness to me?
Surely mine eyes shall His beau­ty see;
And in His pre­sence I ev­er shall be,
When He shall come again.

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Thought of His com­ing my soul doth elate,
As in the gloam­ing I watch and wait;
Longing each day for the glo­ri­fied state;
When He shall come again.

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When He shall come all my grief shall be o’er;
Friends I shall meet to for­get no more,
Whom death re­moved in the dark days of yore,
Till He shall come again.

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