GHS 173 : Is It The Crowning Day? Lyrics
GHS 173, “Is It The Crowning Day?,” is a hymn of joyful, daily expectancy built on the blessed hope of Christ’s return. The singer wakes each morning with the question already formed: could this be the day? Rather than producing anxiety, this expectancy produces a kind of settled gladness: dangers and troubles would end, the radiant throng would be seen, the shores of eternity would appear, and the storms that once frightened would never disturb again. The hymn translates the doctrine of Christ’s imminent return into a daily disposition of joy, faithfulness, and freedom from anxious care.
This hymn appears as number 173 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa, where the imminent return of Christ is a central emphasis of the community’s preaching and worship.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 173: Is It The Crowning Day?
- Jesus may come today, Glad day! Glad day! And I would see my Friend; Dangers and troubles would end If Jesus should come today.
Glad day! Glad day! Is it the crowning day? I’ll live for today, nor anxious be, Jesus, my Lord, I soon shall see; Glad day! Glad day! Is it the crowning day?
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I may go home today, Glad day! Glad day! Seemeth I hear their song; Hail to the radiant throng! If I should go home today.
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Why should I anxious be? Glad day! Glad day! Lights appear on the shore, Storms will affright nevermore, For He is “at hand” today.
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Faithful I’ll be today, Glad day! Glad day! And I will freely tell Why I should love Him so well, For He is my all today.
