Jesus has come and he shall come again,
Not as before a meek and lowly child,
Not as before to die upon the cross,
Not as before in dark Gethsemane
To suffer for a world of sinners lost;
He comes to treasure up earth's grain and gold,
He comes to cast away her chaff and dross
To separate the pure from the defiled.
Not as before a meek and lowly child,
Not as before to die upon the cross,
Not as before in dark Gethsemane
To suffer for a world of sinners lost;
He comes to treasure up earth's grain and gold,
He comes to cast away her chaff and dross
To separate the pure from the defiled.
Not from an humble stable shall He rise
To tread a thorny path of woe and pain;
Christ shall descend from Heaven's unclouded skies
With angels and archangels in His train,
Lo, He shall come with trumpet and with shout,
Mortals let not your flickering lamps go out,
Jesus has come and He shall come again.
To tread a thorny path of woe and pain;
Christ shall descend from Heaven's unclouded skies
With angels and archangels in His train,
Lo, He shall come with trumpet and with shout,
Mortals let not your flickering lamps go out,
Jesus has come and He shall come again.
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