The Cyber Hymnal ‎#78889

78889. The Lord Will Appear

1 As the lightning’s bright flash in the eastern horizon
Sweeps over the sky when a storm draweth near;
So the people of earth shall awake to the coming
Of Him who will soon in His glory appear.

Refrain:
Then be watching and waiting,
Then be watching and waiting,
For we know not the hour when He cometh in power!
Then be watching and waiting, the Lord will appear!

2 Oh, who then shall go forward in triumph to meet Him;
And who shall be scattered like terrified flocks?
Who shall lift up glad voices with praises to greet Him,
And who for a shelter will cry to the rocks? [Refrain]

3 Oh, the children of faith who await His appearing
Shall joy in His presence and bask in His love;
For their souls have been washed in the blood of His ransom,
And fitted through Him for the glory above. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: As the lightning’s bright flash in the eastern horizon
• Title: The Lord Will Appear
• Author: Mary Elizabeth Servoss (1883)
• Refrain First Line: Then be watching and waiting
• Language: English
• Source: Holy Voices, by Isaiah Baltzell and Edmund Lorenz (Dayton, OH: W. J. Shuey 1883)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [As the lightning's bright flash in the eastern horizon]
• Composer: Edmund Simon Lorenz
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain