The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#858

858. Christ is coming! let creation

1 Christ is coming! let creation
Bid her groans and travails cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase;
Christ is coming!
Come, thou blessed Prince of peace!

2 Earth can now but tell the story
Of thy bitter cross and pain;
She shall yet behold thy glory
When thou comest back to reign;
Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.

3 Long thy exiles have been pining,
Far from rest, and home, and thee;
But, in heavenly vesture shining,
Soon they shall thy glory see;
Christ is coming!
Hast the joyous jubilee.

4 With that "blessed hope" before us,
Let no harp remain unstrung;
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll, from tongue to tongue;
Christ is coming!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!

Text Information

• First Line: Christ is coming! let creation
• Author: John R. Macduff
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Waiting for Christ: Closing Work
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: TAMWORTH
• Composer: Charles Lockhart
• Meter: 8s & 7s, 6L
• Key: E Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #772 or 466.