Scripture Verse

The Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God…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

Introduction

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J. Wilbur Chapman
1859–1918

Words: J. Wil­bur Chap­man, 1912, alt. Ap­peared in Im­ma­nu­el’s Praise, ed­it­ed by Charles M. Al­ex­an­der et al. (New York: Flem­ing H. Revell, 1914), num­ber 75.

Music: Ro­bert Hark­ness (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Robert Harkness (1880–1961)

Lyrics

Hail to the Sav­ior! whose pass­ion is wait­ing;
Who by His death our sal­va­tion will bring;
Sin will be con­quered, life’s day will be dawn­ing:
Hail to the Sav­ior, our tri­butes we bring!

Refrain

Hail! all hail! Sing hal­le­lu­jahs to Je­sus!
Hail! all hail! He is our com­ing king!

Hail to our Je­sus! all Hea­ven is sing­ing;
Loud with His praise all cre­ation will ring;
After the cross and the tomb He is liv­ing:
Hail to our Je­sus, who soon may be king!

Refrain

Hail to Mes­si­ah! whose tri­umph is com­ing;
Coming the day when we crown Him as king;
Soon we may see Him in glo­ry re­turn­ing:
Hail to Mes­si­ah: His vic­to­ry we sing!

Refrain

Hail to the day when the tombs shall be op­en­ing—
Glorious day when our Lord shall ap­pear!
Bringing our loved ones for whom we are long­ing:
Hail to the day when we meet in the air!

Refrain