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When through the whirl of wheels,
and engines humming,
Patiently powerful for the sons of men,
Peals like a trumpet promise
of His coming,
Who in the clouds is pledged
to come again.
When through the night
the furnace fires aflaring,
Shooting out tongues of flame
like leaping blood,
Speak to the heart of love,
alive, and daring,
Sing of the boundless energy of God.
When in the depths
the patient miner striving
Feels in his arms the vigor of the Lord,
Strikes for a kingdom
and his King’s arriving,
Holding his pick more splendid
than the sword.
When on the sweat of
labor and its sorrow,
Toiling in twilight flickering and dim,
Flames out the sunshine
of the great tomorrow,
When all the world looks up
because of Him.
Then will He come with
meekness for His glory,
God in a workman’s jacket as before,
Living again th’eternal Gospel story,
Sweeping the shavings
from His workshop floor.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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11 10 11 10
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Bible Refs:
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Mk 13:26;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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| 1925 | # 399 | | 1931 | # 698 |
MUSIC
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LOMBARD STREET
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11 10 11 10
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