The Coming of the Lord

Do you hear the mighty clashing

Author: Eliza H. Morton
Tune: [Do you hear the mighty clashing]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Do you hear the mighty clashing
Of the tho’ts of men of pow’r?
Do you see the omens thick’ning
Of a crisis ev’ry 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 schemes of social schemers
All the struggles of the years,
All the dreams 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]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.4 #36

Author: Eliza H. Morton

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Text Information

First Line: Do you hear the mighty clashing
Title: The Coming of the Lord
Author: Eliza H. Morton
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, the coming, O the coming
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #14582
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