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Welcome sight! the Lord descending!
Jesus in the clouds appears;
Lo! the Savior comes, intending
Now to dry His people’s tears.
Lo! the Savior comes to reign:
Welcome to His waiting train.
Long they mourned their absent Master;
Long they felt like men forlorn;
Bid the seasons fly still faster,
While they sighed for His return:
Lo! the period comes at last;
All their sorrows now are past.
Now from home no longer banished,
They are going to their rest;
Though the heavens and earth have vanished,
With their Lord they shall be blest:
Blest with Him His saints shall be;
Blest throughout eternity!
Happy people! grace unbounded,
Grace alone, exalts you thus:
Be ashamed, and be confounded;
Sing for ever—“Not to us,
Not to us be glory given—
Glory to the God of Heaven!”
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 7 7
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Dates:
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1809
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Bible Refs:
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1 Th 4:16; 2 Ti 4:8;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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MUSIC
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Name:
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IRBY
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 7 7
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Dates:
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1849
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 139 | No key | | # 155 | F | | # 156 | F | | # 438 | F | | # 106 | G | | # 32 | G | | # 114 | G | | # 859 | G | | # 329 | G | | # 329 | G |
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