Scripture Verse

They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matthew 24:30

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Ly­man F. Jack­son, in The Old Sto­ry in Song Num­ber Two, by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick et al. (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Praise Pub­lish­ing, 1908), num­ber 62 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Jack­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus gave this gra­cious pro­mise
Ere from earth He went away,
That in glo­ry He would come again,
Some bright and bless­èd day!
Then He bade His true dis­ci­ples
Go to na­tions far and near,
Telling them of His sal­va­tion
From all sor­row, sin, and fear!

Refrain

He is com­ing! Our Lord is com­ing!
In the clouds of glo­ry He will come again.
All His loved ones then shall meet Him,
And with shouts of joy shall greet Him,

When He come again in ma­jes­ty to reign!

We would hail the glo­ri­ous dawn­ing
Of that glad ce­les­ti­al day,
When all sor­row, and all sigh­ing
From the earth shall flee away!
And our hearts are filled with com­fort
As we trust, and hope and pray,
That with our de­part­ed loved ones
We may reign with Him for aye.

Refrain

O the love that gave the pro­mise
Of that glo­ri­ous day of days!
O the grace that gives us cour­age
To lift up our hearts in praise!
Will not fail us, when in glo­ry
With the holy an­gel band,
He shall come to lead His loved ones
To that hap­py, heav’n­ly land.

Refrain