The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14582

14582. The Coming Of The Lord

1 Do you hear the mighty clashing
Of the thoughts of men of power?
Do you see the omens thickening
Of a crisis every hour?
What is this? and what the other?
Why this strange unrest abroad?
Ah, the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord.

Refrain:
Oh, the coming, oh the coming,
All the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord.
Oh, the coming, oh the coming,
All the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord.

2 All the plans of social schemers,
All the struggles of the years,
All the odes of poet dreamers
Are obscured with doubts and fears.
And the world is waiting, breathless,
For an evolution vast:
Wrought in God, and like an anchor,
In a mighty current cast. [Refrain]

3 What the outcome of the conflict?
What the end, ah, who can say?
We may read in living letters,
We may know, yea, know today!
More than mortal words proclaim it,
Revelations from our God,
All the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Do you hear the mighty clashing
• Title: The Coming Of The Lord
• Author: Eliza H. Morton
• Refrain First Line: Oh, the coming, oh the coming
• Language: English
• Source: Triumphant Songs No. 4 by Edwin O. Excell (Chicago: E. O. Excell, 1894)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Do you hear the mighty clashing]
• Composer: Flora Eva Hamilton Cassel
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain