Our Lord is now re­ject­ed,
And by the world dis­owned,
By the ma­ny still ne­glect­ed,
And by the few en­throned,
But soon He’ll come in glo­ry,
The hour is draw­ing nigh,
For the crown­ing day
Is com­ing by and by.

Refrain

Oh, the crown­ing day is com­ing,
Is com­ing by and by,
When our Lord shall come in pow­er,
And glo­ry from on high.
Oh, the glo­ri­ous sight will glad­den,
Each wait­ing, watch­ful eye,
In the crown­ing day
That’s com­ing by and by.

The heav’ns shall glow with splen­dor,
But bright­er far than they
The saints shall shine in glo­ry,
As Christ shall them ar­ray,
The beau­ty of the Sav­ior,
Shall daz­zle ev’ry eye,
For the crown­ing day
Is com­ing by and by.

Refrain

Our pain shall then be ov­er,
We’ll sit and sigh no more,
Behind us all of sor­row,
And naught but joy be­fore,
A joy in our Re­deem­er,
As we to Him are nigh,
For the crown­ing day
That’s com­ing by and by.

Refrain

Let all that look for, hast­en
The com­ing joy­ful day,
By ear­nest con­se­cra­tion,
To walk the nar­row way,
By ga­th’ring in the lost ones,
For whom our Lord did die,
For the crown­ing day
That’s com­ing by and by.

Refrain