Trinity Hymnal ‎#238

238. Christ is coming! let creation

1 Christ is coming! let creation
From her groans and travail cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase:
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come thou blessed Prince of Peace.

2 Earth can now but tell the story
Of thy bitter cross and pain;
She shall yet behold thy glory,
When thou comest back to reign:
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.

3 Long thine exiles have been pining,
Far from rest, and home, and thee:
But, in heav'nly vestures shining,
They their loving Lord shall see:
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Haste the joyous jubilee.

4 With that blessed hope before us,
Let no harp remain unstrung;
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll from tongue to tongue:
"Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!"

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ is coming! let creation
• Author: John Ross Macduff, 1818-1895
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. 8. 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Titus 2:13
• Topic: Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Kingly Office of; Christ: Second Coming and Judgment of

Tune Information

• Name: NEANDER
• Composer: Joachim Neander (1680)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. 8. 7.
• Key: C Major