The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14013

14013. The Glad Home Coming

1 I am longing for the gath’ring
Of the ransomed over there;
I am waiting for the coming
Of the Bridegroom in the air;
I am putting on the garments
Which the heav’nly bride shall wear;
For the glad home coming draweth nigh.

2 I am letting go the pleasures
And the treasures worldlings prize;
I am laying up my treasures
And ambitions in the skies;
I am setting my affections
Where there are no broken ties,
For the glad home coming draweth nigh.

3 I am hastening the coming
Of the Bridegroom in the air,
I am sending forth the Gospel
Of the Kingdom everywhere;
I am warning saints and sinners
For the summons to prepare,
For the glad home coming draweth nigh.

4 Oh! the joy of meeting Jesus
And the loved ones gone before;
Oh! the bliss when death and sorrow,
Sin and sickness come no more.
All my heart is turning ever
To that everlasting shore,
Where the glad home coming draweth nigh.

Text Information

• First Line: I am longing for the gath’ring
• Title: The Glad Home Coming
• Author: Albert Benjamin Simpson (1896)
• Language: English
• Source: Heralds of Grace by Addison Bowser (Danville, PA: 1899)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [I am longing for the gath’ring]
• Composer: Addison Bartholomew Bowser
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain