The dead in Christ shall rise first, then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
Words & Music: Mrs. O. B. Wilson, in Windows of Heaven No. 7, edited by John B. Vaughan (Athens, Georgia: J. B. Vaughan, 1909) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Wilson’s full name, or where to get a good photo of her (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There’ll be shouting in the air
When the Savior comes,
With His clouds of light and wings of flame;
All the nations underground
Then shall hear the trumpet sound
And rise shouting when He comes again.
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There’ll be shouting, there’ll be shouting,
There’ll be shouting when He comes again;
There’ll be shouting, there’ll be shouting,
There’ll be shouting when He comes again.
There’ll be shouting in the air
When the Savior comes,
When He comes to earth to claim His own;
From the east and from the west
Over all this vast domain,
They’ll rise shouting when He comes again.
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When the resurrection comes
And the saints arise
To go meet the Savior in the skies,
Hallelujahs we will sing,
Shouting praises to His name;
There’ll be shouting when He comes again.
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’Tis a blessèd, blessèd thought,
That He’ll come some day,
And will bear us in a cloud away,
To our blessèd home on high,
Free from sorrow, toil and pain,
There’ll be shouting when He comes again.
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