Jesus Is Coming

Jesus is coming from heaven above (Baxter)

Author: J. R. Baxter (1926)
Tune: [Jesus is coming from heaven] (Stamps)
CCLI Number: 242898
Published in 7 hymnals


Representative Text

1 Jesus is coming from heaven
Back to the earth some day,
Will you be found where faithful are crowned,
Or be turned away from His jewels?
O He will come back in His glory
Over the earth to reign,
Hasten, my brother, get ready,
Gather in the grain.

Chorus:
He is coming
Back to the earth again,
Coming in love from heaven above,
to reign over man;
He is coming in power, glory,
O what a night 'twill be!
Saints on the earth will greet Him with mirth,
The King is He.

2 Some day the clouds will be laden
With a most precious King,
He will descend, our glorious friend,
while nature shall sing of His glory and
Into subjection all nations
Low at HIs feet shall lie,
He will be crowned with true glory,
Lord and King most high. [Chorus]

3 Even the angels in heaven
Know not the day nor hour,
But thru the maze on one of these days
We'll see Him in pow'r bro't from heaven,
for He will be given dominion
Over the land and sea,
O what a glorious ruler
Will our Savior be. [Chorus]



Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #112

Author: J. R. Baxter

Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in De­Kalb Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma. In 1926, he bought part of Vir­gil Stamps’ Gos­pel mu­sic firm, which be­came the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, one of the most suc­cess­ful Gos­pel mu­sic pub­lish­ers of the ear­ly 20th Century. Bax­ter ran the com­pa­ny’s Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice un­til Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dall­as, Tex­as, to run the main of­fice. Af­ter Bax­ter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the bus­i­ness un­til she died; it was then sold to Zon­der­van. Bax­ter was in­duct­ed in­to the South­ern Gos­pel Mus… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus is coming from heaven above (Baxter)
Title: Jesus Is Coming
Author: J. R. Baxter (1926)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He is coming back to the earth again
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Favorite Songs and Hymns #130

Fortieth Anniversary Specials 1926-1966 #225

Our Recorded Songs, number two #186

Spiritual Evangel #d83

The Chuck Wagon Gang #128

Text

Vocal Gems #112

Waves of Joy #d72

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