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The Glory Day Is Coming

Travel onward and be true, for the Lord depends on you

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Travel onward and be true]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Travel onward and be true,
For the Lord depends on you,
And the glory day is coming, coming soon;
Ever bravely battle on,
Till the crown of life is won,
For the glory day is coming, coming soon.

Refrain:
On, the glory day is coming, coming soon;
Yes, the glory day is coming very soon;
Bravely carry on the fight,
Daily spread the gospel light,
For the glory day is coming, coming soon.

2 Labor on in faith and love,
Sure that Jesus reigns above,
And the glory day is coming, coming soon;
Help the weary on the way
To the realms of endless day,
For the glory day is coming, coming soon. [Refrain]

3 Pearly gates and mansions bright
Very soon will greet our sight,
For the glory day is coming, coming soon;
Soon our happy souls shall view
Jesus our Redeemer, too,
For the glory day is coming, coming soon. [Refrain]

Source: His Worthy Praise #80

Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Travel onward and be true, for the Lord depends on you
Title: The Glory Day Is Coming
Author: James Rowe
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, the glory day is coming, coming soon
Copyright: Public Domain

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His Worthy Praise #80

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #82

The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #82

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