Say, Will You Be There?

Have you heard about a meet­ing

That is com­ing ve­ry soon?

It may be at dawn or mid­night

Or in glo­ry of the noon;

Jesus will be there ma­jes­tic

With Him no­thing can com­pare;

For this meet­ing are you rea­dy?

Say

will you be there?

Say

will you be there

And the crown­ing glo­ry share?

If the trum­pet sounds at mid­night

Say will you be there?

Yes

will you be there

With the le­gions in the air?

Are you rea­dy to be caught up?

Say

will you be there?

Have you heard about this meet­ing

Of a vast

un­count­ed throng

Who will ga­ther when the trum­pet

Rolls its gold­en notes along?

There’ll be Da­vid

God’s sweet sing­er

Leading bands of harp­ers fair;

Old Eli­jah and Eli­sha—

But will you be there?

There will be the He­brew child­ren

Who with­stood the fie­ry test;

And the dear­ly loved dis­ci­ple

Who re­clined on Je­sus’ breast;

And the Ma­rys with the Mar­thas

Who brought spic­es rich and rare

To an­oint His brok­en body—

But

will you be there?

All the saints of count­less ag­es

Will awak­en from their sleep

And the liv­ing will be ga­thered

As a shep­herd herds his sheep:

And this long ex­pect­ed meet­ing

Will be held up in the air—

Are you rea­dy to be caught up?

Say

will you be there?