Triumphant Songs No.4 ‎#36

36. The Coming of the Lord

1 Do you hear the mighty clashing
Of the tho’ts of men of pow’r?
Do you see the omens thick’ning
Of a crisis ev’ry hour?
What is this? And what the other?
Why this strange unrest abroad?
Ah, the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord.

Refrain:
Oh, the coming, Oh the coming,
All the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord,
Oh, the coming, Oh the coming,
All the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord.

2 All the schemes of social schemers
All the struggles of the years,
All the dreams of poet dreamers
Are obscured with doubts and fears.
And the world is waiting, breathless,
For an evolution vast:
Wrought in God and like an anchor
In a mighty current cast. [Refrain]

3 What the outcome of the conflict?
What the end, ah, who can say?
We may read in living letters,
We may know, yea, know today!
More than mortal words proclaim it,
Revelations from our God,
All the signs foretell the coming,
Yes, the coming of the Lord. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Do you hear the mighty clashing
• Title: The Coming of the Lord
• Author: Eliza H. Morton
• Refrain First Line: Oh, the coming, Oh the coming
• Publication Date: 1894

Tune Information

• Name: [Do you hear the mighty clashing]
• Composer: Flora H. Cassel