GHS 175 : He Is Coming Again Lyrics
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GHS 175, “He Is Coming Again,” is the final hymn in the GHS collection, and it closes the entire book with the same declaration the whole New Testament closes with: Christ is coming. The weary pilgrim who has walked through the night now sees the first light of dawn breaking, the crimson glow on the horizon that signals the Beloved is near. The sin and sorrow that weighed so heavily are about to end. Joy runs over. The blessed hope is not a distant theory but something that makes the heart glow even now.
The refrain names Him precisely: the very same Jesus who was rejected of men is the One returning, and He is coming with power and great glory. The closing stanzas bring the full picture together: the appearing, the rapture, the redemption of creation, and the eternal fellowship of every believer with Christ forever. This hymn appears as number 175 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 175: He Is Coming Again
Lift up your heads, pilgrims aweary, See day’s approach now crimson the sky; Night shadows flee, and your Beloved, Awaited with longing, at last draweth nigh.
He is coming again, He is coming again, The very same Jesus, rejected of men; He is coming again, He is coming again, With pow’r and great glory, He is coming again!
- Dark was the night, sin warred against us! Heavy the load of sorrow we bore; But now we see signs of His coming — Our hearts glow within us, joy’s cup runneth o’er!
- O blessed hope! O blissful promise! Filling our hearts with rapture divine; O day of days! hail Thy appearing! Thy transcendent glory forever shall shine!
- Even so, come, precious Lord Jesus; Creation waits redemption to see; Caught up in clouds, soon we shall meet Thee; O blessed assurance, forever with Thee!
