I shall be ready to welcome the Savior

I shall be ready to welcome the Savior

Author: Alfred H. Ackley
Tune: [I shall be ready to welcome the Savior] (Ackley)
Published in 10 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I shall be ready to welcome the Savior,
I may behold Him descend from on High,
Clothed in His garments of heavenly splendor,
O what a day when the King shall draw nigh.

Refrain:
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When He comes, when He comes,
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When Jesus comes back for His own.

2 I shall be ready, for Him I have trusted,
Using the talents committed to me;
Things I once loved, from my heart have departed,
Living in Jesus my soul is made free. [Refrain]

3 Shall His returning to you mean a blessing?
Or will you tremble and fall down with fear?
How will He find you, denying, confessing?
Seek Him, believing, while yet He is near. [Refrain]

4 Reigning with Him, He has promised to make me
Heir unto God and Join-Heir with His son;
All shall be well when He comes back to take me,
Ruler and Lord of the world He has won. [Refrain]

Source: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #32

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Author: Alfred H. Ackley

Alfred H. Ackley (1887-1960) Born: Jan­u­a­ry 21, 1887, Spring Hill, Penn­syl­van­ia. He was bro­ther to Bent­ley Ack­ley. Died: Ju­ly 3, 1960, Whit­ti­er, Cal­i­for­nia. Buried: Rose Hills Cem­e­te­ry, Whit­ti­er, Cal­i­for­nia. Ackley re­ceived mu­sic­al train­ing from his fa­ther in New York Ci­ty and at the Roy­al Acad­e­my of Mu­sic in Lon­don, and be­came a great cel­lo play­er. Af­ter grad­u­at­ing from West­min­ster The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary in Mar­y­land, he was or­dained a Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter in 1914, and pas­tor­ed in Wilkes-Barre and Elm­hurst, Penn­syl­van­ia, and in Es­con­di­do, Cal­i­for­nia. For a few years he worked with evan­gel­ist Bi… Go to person page >

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First Line: I shall be ready to welcome the Savior
Author: Alfred H. Ackley
Refrain First Line: I shall be ready when Jesus comes
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