Scripture Verse

Men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. Mark 13:26

Introduction

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Cecil Alexander
(1818–1895)

Words: Ce­cil F. Al­ex­an­der, 1848.

Music: Lux Eoi Ar­thur S. Sul­li­van, Church Hymns with Tunes (Lon­don: So­ci­ety for Pro­mot­ing Chris­tian Know­ledge, 1874), num­ber 67 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

Lyrics

He is com­ing, He is com­ing,
Not as once He came be­fore,
Wailing In­fant born in weak­ness
On a low­ly sta­ble floor;
But up­on His cloud of glo­ry,
In the crim­son tint­ed sky,
Where we see the gold­en sun­rise,
In the ro­sy dist­ance lie.

He is com­ing, He is com­ing,
Not in pain, and shame, and woe,
With the thorn crown on His for­ehead,
And the blood drops trick­ling slow;
But with dia­dem up­on Him,
And the scep­ter in His hand,
And the dead all ranged be­fore Him,
Raised from death, hell, sea and land.

He is com­ing, He is com­ing,
Not as once He wan­dered through
All the hos­tile land of Judah,
With His fol­low­ers poor and few;
But with all the ho­ly an­gels
Waiting round His judg­ment seat,
And the chos­en twelve Apos­tles,
Sitting crown­èd at His feet.

He is com­ing, He is com­ing,
Let His low­ly first es­tate,
And His ten­der love, so teach us
That in faith and hope we wait,
Till in glo­ry east­ward burn­ing,
Our re­demp­tion draw­eth near,
And we see the sign in heave­n
Of our judge and Sav­ior dear.