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There’s a precious promise in His holy word:
The Lord is coming by and by;
’Tis the sweetest promise mortal ever heard:
The Lord is coming by and by.

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O, the Lord is coming by and by,
O, the Lord is coming by and by;
When the saints who sleep shall rise,
We shall meet Him in the skies,
O, the Lord is coming by and by

Oh, the dawning of that day is drawing near,
The Lord is coming by and by;
And the King in glo­ry will in pow’r appear,
The Lord is coming by and by.

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We shall hear the shout of triumph in the air,
The Lord is coming by and by;
And the sons of God will in His glo­ry share,
The Lord is coming by and by.

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And the dead in Christ shall then be called to life,
The Lord is coming by and by;
We shall all be changed, be free from sin and strife,
The Lord is coming by and by.

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