When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
Matthew 25:31
Words: William C. Martin, 1897. Appeared in Heralds of Grace, edited by Addison B. Bowser (Danville, Pennsylvania: A. B. Bowser, 1898), number 132.
Music: W. Herbert Lamb (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Lamb (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The Lord in glory shall descend
With angels in His train;
The griefs and wrongs of earth shall end,
When He begins His reign.
Then let His people sing,
And praise the heav’nly King,
That griefs and wrongs of earth shall end,
When He begins His reign.
Refrain
When He begins His reign,
When He begins His reign,
When He begins His reign,
The griefs and wrongs of earth shall end.
The trumpet of the Lord shall sound,
And time shall be no more;
Then songs of gladness shall abound,
That griefs of time are o’er.
His saints shall join the praise,
The angel voices raise,
And fill the universe with song,
That griefs of time are o’er.
Refrain
What tho’ the way be rough and hard,
No cross will we deplore,
Since there awaits a rich reward
On yonder blessèd shore.
All tears shall cease to flow,
We shall no sorrow know,
When Jesus crowns the faithful on
That bright eternal shore.
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