The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#885

885. The Lord is coming! glad and free

1 The Lord is coming! glad and free
Proclaim the note of jubilee.
Arouse, ye nations, countless throng,
Ring out the tidings loud and long.

2 This earth, with her ten thousand wrongs,
Will soon be tuned to nobler songs;
Our praise shall then, in realms of light,
With all his universe unite.

3 the Lord is coming! herald, cry;
For our redemption draweth nigh:
The great glad day of sin's eclipse
Is trembling on heaven's finger-tips.

4 The trumpet sounds o'er land and sea,
And heaven rolls back the melody;
The sleeping nations of the dead
Awake, and leave their earth-dark bed.

5 The Lord, our Saviour, Prince of heaven,
Descends 'mid clouds all thunder riven;
Look up, ye saints, behold your King,
He comes deliverance to bring.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord is coming! glad and free
• Author: Mary A. Steward
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Second Advent: Executive Judgment
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ALL SAINTS
• Composer: William Knapp
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #212, 316, or 914.