Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The Lord will come the earth shall quake
Topic: The Present and the Future/The Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Heber
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1106
Page Number: 656, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Lord will come; the earth shall quake,
The hills their fixed seat forsake;
And withering, form the vault of night,
The stars withdraw their feeble light.
The Lord will come, but not the same
As once in lowly form he came;
A silent Lamb to slaughter led,
The bruised, the suffering, and the dead.
The Lord will come-a dreadful form,
With wreath of flame, and robe of storm,
On cherub wings, and wings of wind,
Anointed Judge of human kind.
While sinners in despair shall call,
"Rocks, hide us! mountains, on us fall!"
The saints, ascending from the tomb,
Shall joyful sing-"The Lord is come!"