Scripture Verse

Then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. Mark 13:26

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in Sac­red Me­lo­dies for Se­cond Ad­vent, Con­fer­ence and Camp Meet­ings (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Jo­shua V. Himes, 1843).

Music: Har­mo­ny by Jo­seph P. Pow­ell in The Chris­tian Hym­nal (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Chase & Hall, 1875), num­ber 749 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

The last love­ly morn­ing,
All bloom­ing and fair,
Is fast on­ward fleet­ing,
And soon will ap­pear.

Refrain

While the migh­ty, migh­ty, migh­ty trump
Sounds, Come, come away;
Oh, let us be rea­dy
To hail the glad day.

And when that bright morn­ing
In splen­dor shall dawn,
Our tears shall be end­ed,
Our sor­rows all gone.

Refrain

The Bride­groom from glo­ry
To earth shall des­cend,
Ten thou­sand bright an­gels
Around Him at­tend.

Refrain

The grave shall be op­ened,
The dead shall arise,
And with the Re­deem­er
Mount up to the skies.

Refrain

The saints, then im­mor­tal,
In glo­ry shall reign,
The Bride with the Bride­groom
Forever re­main.

Refrain