Scripture Verse

Then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matthew 24:30

Introduction

Words: Charles P. Whit­ford, Songs for Ser­vice (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Sou­thern Pub­lish­ing As­so­cia­tion, 1905), page 18.

Music: Home­wood Eno Ewonk­nu (🔊 pdf nwc). Note: The com­pos­er’s name is like­ly a pseu­do­nym or place­hol­der: Back­wards, it al­most spells Un­known One.

If you know the com­pos­er’s name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Whit­ford (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus is com­ing is my song,
Coming to earth, ’twill not be long;
Soon the dear Sav­ior we shall see,
Coming in glo­ri­ous ma­jes­ty.

Refrain

Yes, Je­sus is com­ing,
Yes, Je­sus is com­ing,
Jesus is com­ing is the song,
We should be sing­ing all day long.

Coming with an­gels bright and fair,
Saints will then meet Him in the air;
Sorrow be end­ed—sin no more
Over on Canaan’s bliss­ful shore.

Refrain

Jesus com­ing I do know,
Signs ev­ery­where all tell me so:
Lift up your heads, my breth­ren, and pray,
Watch! for the Sav­ior comes this way.

Refrain

Riches in Hea­ven I shall own,
When Je­sus comes and takes me home;
More of His sav­ing full­ness see,
More of His love who died for me.

Refrain