1. In these, the closing days of time,
What joy the glorious hope affords,
That soon, oh, wondrous truth sublime!
He shall reign, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Refrain:
He’s coming soon, he’s coming soon;
With joy we welcome his returning;
It may be morn, it may be night or noon;
We know he’s coming soon.
2. The signs around in earth and air,
Or painted on the starlit sky,
God’s faithful witnesses declare
That the coming of the Savior’s drawing nigh. [Refrain]
3. The dead in Christ who ’neath us lie,
In countless numbers, all shall rise,
When through the portals of the sky,
He shall come to prepare our paradise. [Refrain]
4. And we who, living, yet remain,
Caught up, shall meet our faithful Lord;
This hope we cherish not in vain,
But we comfort one another by this word. [Refrain]
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #355c
Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC.
Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include:
Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904)
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