Jesus, who has been taken up from you into Heaven, will return in just the same way as you have watched Him go into Heaven.
Acts 1:11
Words: Civilla D. Martin, in Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ, edited by Bailie Brown & Peter P. Bilhorn (Chicago, Illinois: Bilhorn Brothers, 1911), number 14.
Music: Charles M. Ackerman (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a photo of Ackerman, or a better one of Martin,
He may come in the early morning,
He may come at the noontide hour;
Our Redeemer is surely coming,
Clothed with glory and matchless power.
Refrain
He is coming, surely coming,
Coming as He once ascended to the sky;
O be ready for that time,
For the glory, grand, sublime,
For the coming of the Savior draweth nigh.
He may come when the shades of evening
Mark the time of the setting sun;
Are you ready to meet the Savior?
Will He greet you with His “well done”?
Refrain
Our Redeemer is surely coming,
Not as Savior, the cross to bear;
But as king of eternal ages;
Are you ready to meet Him there?
Refrain