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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John Goss (1800–1880)

Words: God­frey Thring, 1864.

Music: Lau­da Ani­ma John Goss, 1868. Orig­in­al­ly com­posed for Hen­ry Lyte’s Praise, My Soul, The King of Hea­ven. First pub­lished in the Sup­ple­men­tal Hymn and Tune Book, third edi­tion with new ap­pen­dix, by Ro­bert Brown-Borth­wick, 1869 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Thring (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus came, the heav’ns adoring,
Came with peace from realms on high;
Jesus came for man’s re­demp­tion,
Lowly came on earth to die.
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Came in deep hu­mil­ity.

Jesus comes again in mercy,
When our hearts are bowed with care;
Jesus comes again in an­swer
To an ear­nest, heart­felt pray­er;
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Comes to save us from des­pair.

Jesus comes to hearts re­joic­ing,
Bringing news of sins for­giv­en;
Jesus comes in sounds of glad­ness,
Leading souls re­deemed to Heav’n;
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Now the gate of death is riv’n.

Jesus comes in joy and sor­row,
Shares alike our hopes and fears;
Jesus comes, whate’er be­falls us,
Glads our hearts, and dries our tears;
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Cheering e’en our fail­ing years.

Jesus comes on clouds tri­um­phant,
When the heav’ns shall pass away;
Jesus comes again in glo­ry;
Let us then our hom­age pay,
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Till the dawn of end­less day.