Soon

...Of the Lamb once slain?

Christ the King of Glo­ry, o’er the earth to reign,...

...O Christ­ian! have you heard it?

Though thou­sands have de­ferred it,...

...Beyond the smil­ing and the weep­ing,

Beyond the wak­ing and the sleep­ing,...

...Yonder’s the land where the loved ones are,

Joy soon to rest in that realm afar,...

...Let all the joy-bells of Heav­en ring—

Coming soon, Je­sus is com­ing soon;...

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Its tri­umph we soon shall be­hold,...

...A stir­ring cry sa­lutes the ear:

The song of ju­bi­lee,...

...A stir­ring cry sa­lutes the ear:

The song of ju­bi­lee,...

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Soon I’ll reach the heav’n­ly strand;...

...Some day I’ll cross the mys­tic stream,

Some day I’ll lay my bur­dens down,...

...Awake and watch! the light is dawn­ing;

In Ori­ent sky there gleams the morn­ing—...

...While yet ’tis called to­day;

Command your souls away....

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To claim His holy Bride,...

...For so the word of truth de­clares:

And an­gels shout the har­vest home....

...As he wan­ders in ex­ile from home!

And soon will the king­dom come....

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Thy day is almost here....

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Rest in His dear em­brace,...

...Oh, what re­joic­ing on the gold­en shore,

Sometime our loved ones we shall greet,...

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To leave all these scenes here be­low;...

...O’er all the land have the signs now ap­peared,

Long has the worn pil­grim watched, hoped and feared,...