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