When Jesus Comes Again

The night is long and drea­ry

But break­ing dawn is near;

The Lord in dazz­ling splen­dor

Shall speed­ily ap­pear;

Our loved ones

calm­ly sleep­ing

Have done with grief and pain;

We’ll meet them in the glo­ry

When Je­sus comes again.

When Je­sus comes again

When Je­sus comes again

O day of joy and glad­ness

When Je­sus comes again.

Oh

joy­ful re­sur­rect­ion!

A bless­èd hope in­deed

For those who sleep in Je­sus

From sin and sor­row freed;

And we

caught up to­ge­ther

With them shall join the strain

Of praise for our sal­va­tion

When Je­sus comes again.

The signs in­crease around us

The her­alds of the King;

O for the hap­py mo­ment

When sil­ver trum­pets ring!

When

ga­thered to the Sav­ior

We ec­ho the re­frain—

Hosanna in the high­est!

When Je­sus comes again.

It cheers the droop­ing spir­it

It sets the soul on fire;

Our ris­en Lord is com­ing

Our joy

and heart’s de­sire;

We’re long­ing to be­hold Him

Who soon on earth shall reign;

O time of won­drous glad­ness

When Je­sus comes again.