Have you heard that Christ is com­ing,
He is com­ing by and by,
Coming back to ga­ther all His loved and own;
To be with Him in His king­dom,
And to reign with Him on high,
And with rap­ture meet around the gold­en throne?

Refrain

He is com­ing by and by,
He is com­ing from on high;
He is com­ing, O be­lieve Him!
And be ready to re­ceive Him;
He is com­ing in His glo­ry by and by.

Let us all be watch­ing, wait­ing,
For the Lord will sure­ly come,
He has said it in His ev­er­last­ing word;
Let us all be work­ing, pray­ing,
Till the Mas­ter calls us home,
To be shar­ers in the hea­ven­ly re­ward.

Refrain

What a day of ex­ul­t­ation
And of glad­ness that will be,
When our eyes shall see the rend­ing of the sky,
And shall see the Lord des­cend­ing
In His ho­ly ma­jes­ty,
As He cometh in His gl­ory by and by.

Refrain