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

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1896. Ap­peared in Hymns of the Se­cond Com­ing of Our Lord Je­sus Christ, ed­it­ed by Pe­ter P. Bil­horn (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Bil­horn Bro­thers, 1911), page 173.

Music: Pe­sha­war Will­iam L. Ma­son, 1896 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Our ris­en Lord and Sav­ior
Is com­ing back again,
In ma­jes­ty and glo­ry,
The King of kings to reign.
All pride of earth­ly grand­eur
Shall at His scep­ter fall,
And they, who once re­ject­ed,
Shall crown Him Lord of all.

Refrain

In clouds we shall be­hold Him,
With saints and an­gels bright,
Oh, let us all be rea­dy,
And watch­ing day and night.

Our bless­èd Lord is com­ing
To claim the world His own;
The lost of sin, af­fright­ed,
Shall see Him on His throne.
While we, who bear His im­age,
Shall meet Him in the air,
And swell the hal­le­lu­jahs,
That hail His tri­umph there.

Refrain

Our Lord is sure­ly com­ing,
The joy­ful news pro­claim,
And we shall then be like Him,
Hosanna to His name.
Already in the dist­ance
His cha­ri­ot wheels we hear,
Our Lord is sure­ly com­ing,
The hour is draw­ing near.

Refrain