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THE LORD WILL APPEAR

Scripture Verse

As lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:27

Introduction

Words: Ma­ry E. Ser­voss, in Ho­ly Voic­es, ed­it­ed by Isai­ah Balt­zell & Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Will­iam J. Shu­ey, 1883), num­ber 134.

Music: Ed­mund S. Lo­renz (🔊 ).

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portrait
Edmund S. Lorenz
(1854–1942)

Lyrics

As the light­ning’s bright flash
On the east­ern ho­ri­zon
Sweeps ov­er the sky
When a storm draw­eth near;
So the peo­ple of earth
Shall awake to the com­ing
Of Him who will soon in
His glo­ry ap­pear.

Refrain

Then be watch­ing and wait­ing,
Then be watch­ing and wait­ing,
For we know not the hour
When He com­eth in pow­er!
Then be watch­ing and wait­ing,
The Lord will ap­pear!

Oh, who then shall go for­ward
In tri­umph to meet Him;
And who shall be scat­tered
Like ter­ri­fied flocks?
Who shall lift up glad voic­es
With prais­es to greet Him,
And who for a shel­ter
Will cry to the rocks?

Refrain

Oh, the child­ren of faith who
Await His ap­pear­ing
Shall joy in His pre­sence
And bask in His love;
For their souls have been washed in
The blood of His ran­som,
And fit­ted through Him for
The glo­ry above.

Refrain