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Christ Returneth
Public Domain Old-Time, Bluegrass Gospel by H. L. Turner (words- 1878) and James McGranahan (music- 1906) ;
ARTIST: Ira D. Sankey’s Gospel Hymns, No. 3 in 1878
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1878;
RECORDING INFO: Christ Returneth
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SOURCES: Sankey; Ira D. Sankey’s Gospel Hymns, No. 3 in 1878
NOTES: "Christ Returneth" is a hymn written by H. L. Turner in 1878 that first appeared in Ira D. Sankey’s Gospel Hymns, No. 3 in 1878. The standard music is from James McGranahan, circa 1906. The song is in several southern gospel collections.
“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning.” Mark 13:35
CHRIST RETURNETH - H. L. Turner, James McGranahan
It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory
To receive from the world “His own.”
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O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
Ere we shout the glad song,
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.
It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
When Jesus receives “His own.”
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While its hosts cry Hosanna, from heaven descending,
With glorified saints and the angels attending,
With grace on His brow, like a halo of glory,
Will Jesus receive “His own.”
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Oh, joy! oh, delight! should we go without dying,
No sickness, no sadness, no dread and no crying.
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,
When Jesus receives “His own.”
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