CHRIST RETURNETH

1. Christ Returneth 
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5. It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,
   When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking,
   That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory
   To receive from the world “His own.”
• Refrain:
  O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
  Ere we shout the glad song
  Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
  Hallelujah! Amen.
  Hallelujah! Amen.
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7. It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
   It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight
   Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
   When Jesus receives “His own.”
8. Refrain:
   O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
   Ere we shout the glad song
   Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
   Hallelujah! Amen.
   Hallelujah! Amen.
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3.

1. While hosts cry Hosanna, from heaven descending,
   With glorified saints and the angels attending,
   With grace on His brow, like a halo of glory,
   Will Jesus receive “His own.”
2. Refrain:
   O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
   Ere we shout the glad song
   Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
   Hallelujah! Amen.
   Hallelujah! Amen.
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4.

1. Oh, joy! oh, delight! should we go without dying,
   No sickness, no sadness, no dread and no crying;
   Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,
   When Jesus receives “His own.”

• Refrain:
  O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
  Ere we shout the glad song
  Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
  Hallelujah! Amen.
  Hallelujah! Amen.
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