When We Meet the King

Soon there’ll be a glo­ri­ous morn­ing

Breaking on the mount­ains high;

Hallelujah! He is com­ing!

Will re­sound along the sky;

All the saints asleep in Je­sus

To a meet­ing God will bring

And the liv­ing will be caught up

In the air to meet the King.

When we meet our Lord and king

Hallelujahs we will sing;

It will be a joy­ful meet­ing

When we meet our Lord and king.

Then the Lord on clouds des­cend­ing

With a shout will rend the skies;

At the call­ing of the trum­pet

First the dead in Christ will rise;

With a shout of ac­cla­ma­tion

That will make the arch­es ring

Every liv­ing soul shall praise Him

When we meet the Lord and King.

All the faith­ful will be pre­sent

At this meet­ing in the air;

All the hum­ble

all the ho­ly

Will re­joice to­ge­ther there;

Jubilant and won­drous mu­sic

Will the choir ce­les­ti­al sing;

Heav’n and earth be full of glo­ry

When we meet the Lord and King.

God alone the set time know­eth

Of this day-dawn calm and bright;

Therefore be ye also rea­dy

All ye child­ren of the light;

He is com­ing! Day is break­ing!

Let the shout of wel­come ring;

Let your songs be loud and joy­ful—

Soon we’ll meet our Lord and king.