The Lord is coming! let this be

1The Lord is coming! let this be The herald note of jubilee; And when we meet, and when we part, The salutation from the heart.

2The Lord is coming! sound it forth From East to West, from South to North. Speed it abroad on the wind, That none who love him may be sad.

3The Lord is coming! swiftly tread We soon shall hear his glorious voice, Majestic, uttered from afar, All on his hasting foes ringing ear.

4The Lord is coming! vengeance, fire; Are all his judgments and his ire, And none can hope to escape his wrath, Who walk not in his narrow path.

5The Lord is coming! every hill, Ye mountains, help to build fire! Ye oceans, cease to ebb and flow, His stately stepping ye should know.

6The Lord is coming! who shall stand? Who shall be found at his right hand? He that hath the white garment worn, That Christ our righteous King hath worn.

7The Lord is coming! watch and pray, Watch ye, and haste into the day; So shall blest then escape the snare, And Christ's eternal glory share.