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There's A Great Day Coming

There's a great day coming, A great day coming

Author: Will L. Thompson
Tune: [There's a great day coming]
Published in 432 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 There's a great day coming,
A great day coming,
There's a great day coming by and by,
When the saints and the sinners shall
be parted right and left,
Are you ready for that day to come?

Refrain:
Are you ready? Are you ready?
Are you ready for the judgment day?
Are you ready? Are you ready?
for the judgment day?

2 There's a bright day coming,
A bright day coming,
There's a bright day coming by and by,
But its brightness shall only come
to them that love the Lord,
Are you ready for that day to come? [Refrain]

3 There's a sad day coming,
A sad day coming,
There's a sad day coming by and by,
When the sinner shall hear His doom,
"Depart, I know ye not!"
Are you ready for that day to come? [Refrain]

Source: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #480

Author: Will L. Thompson

Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Died: Sep­tem­ber 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Ri­ver­view Cem­e­te­ry, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an ear­ly at­tempt to sell his songs to a com­mer­cial pub­lish­er, Thomp­son start­ed his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. He lat­er ex­pand­ed, open­ing a store to sell pi­an­os, or­gans and sheet mu­sic. Both a lyr­i­cist and com­pos­er, he en­sured he would al­ways re­mem­ber words or mel­o­dies that came to him at odd times: "No mat­ter where I am, at home or ho­tel, at the store or tra­vel­ing, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem wor­thy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this… Go to person page >

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The Cyber Hymnal #6578
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #6028
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #226

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #149

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #674

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #719

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Sacred Selections for the Church #336

Sacred Songs of the Church #461

Audio

Small Church Music #6028

Page Scan

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #71

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6578

TextPage Scan

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #480

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