17085. He Is Coming By and By

1. Altho’ back in­to His hea­ven
Jesus passed from earth away
When He end­ed here His life of toil and pain,
Yet with all His ho­ly angels
At the break­ing of the day,
He is com­ing once again to reign.

Refrain

Don’t you know He is com­ing,
He is com­ing, He is com­ing?
Don’t you know He is com­ing once again?
With His saints and His an­gels
He is com­ing by and by,
He is com­ing once again to reign.

2. Once He came among the low­ly
As the Babe of Beth­le­hem,
When the an­gels sang so sweet­ly o’er the plain,
And once more up­on this foot­stool
O’er the seed of Ab­ra­ham,
Christ is com­ing once again to reign.

Refrain

3. Of His rul­ing at His com­ing
There will ne­ver be an end,
For His king­dom will for­ev­er­more remain;
O make rea­dy to be with Him
When He shall at last des­cend,
For He’s com­ing once again to reign.

Refrain

Text Information
First Line: Altho' back into His heaven Jesus passed from earth away
Title: He Is Coming By and By
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1908)
Refrain First Line: Don't you know He is coming
Language: English
Source: Appeared in Heart Praise, edited by James A. Brown (Ft. Worth, Texas: Southern Music, 1910)
Tune Information
Name: [Altho' back into His heaven Jesus passed from earth away]
Composer: Charles H. Gabriel, Sr.
Key: G Major or modal



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