Scripture Verse

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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Daniel S. Warner (1842–1895)

Words: Da­ni­el S. War­ner, in Songs of Vic­to­ry, ed­it­ed by Jo­seph C. Fish­er (Grand Junc­tion, Mi­chi­gan: 1885), num­ber 7.

Music: H. R. Jeff­rey (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Jeff­rey’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Are you rea­dy, wait­ing for the Lord?
See, the signs pro­claim Him near,
In the aw­ful thun­ders of His word,
Now His coming steps we hear.

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Thou art com­ing, O my Sav­ior,
Who can stand Thy flam­ing light?
How the burn­ing of Thy Spi­rit
Sweeps away the works of night;
Quickly com­ing in Thy glo­ry,
With Thy bright an­gel­ic train,
We shall see Thee in Thy beau­ty,
And for­ev­er with Thee reign.

Now are ma­ny run­ning to and fro,
Spreading ho­li­ness around,
And the ev­en­ing light be­gins to glow,
Soon we’ll hear the trum­pet’s sound.

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Hark! the so­lemn warn­ing unto all,
Judgment’s com­ing, oh, how soon;
Flee, O man, at mer­cy’s fi­nal call,
Heaven trem­bles at your doom.

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As the light­ning flash­es east and west,
Comes the Lord in flam­ing fire;
Oh, what glo­ry thrills each ho­ly breast!
Sinners melt be­neath His ire.

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Christ is com­ing, oh, the heav’n­ly sight!
Our be­lov­èd can’t de­lay,
For His bride is robed in snowy white,
Ready for the mar­riage day.

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