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[Jesus gave this gracious promise]

[Jesus gave this gracious promise]

Composer: Lyman F. Jackson (1908)
Published in 2 hymnals


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Composer: Lyman F. Jackson

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Tune Information

Title: [Jesus gave this gracious promise]
Composer: Lyman F. Jackson (1908)
Incipit: 32211 11521 17767
Key: A♭ Major
Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two, by William J. Kirkpatrick et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Praise Publishing Company, 1908), number 62
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Our Lord's Return in Glory

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

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The Cyber Hymnal #5471
Text: Our Lord's Return in Glory
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