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201. Christ Is Coming

1 Christ is coming! let creation
Bid her groans and travail cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!
(Prince of Peace!)
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! Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.
(repeat the strain)
Let each heart repeat the strain.

3 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! Christ is coming!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!
(quickly come!)
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!

Text Information
First Line: Christ is coming! let creation
Title: Christ Is Coming
Author: John R. MacDuff (1818-1895)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Jesus Christ: Second Advent
Tune Information
Name: CWM RHONDDA
Composer: John Hughes (1873-1932)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7.
Incipit: 56511 71232 31643
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Alternate tune, BRYN CALFARIA, No. 165 Lower Key, No. 538



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