Hymn
Christ is Coming!
Christ is coming! let creation
Bid her groans and travails cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, thou blessed Prince of Peace!
Earth can now but tell the story
Of thy bitter cross and pain;
She shall soon behold thy glory,
When thou comest back to reign;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.
Long thy exiles have been pining,
Far from rest, and home, and thee;
But, in heav'nly vesture shining,
Soon they shall thy glory see;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Hast the joyous jubilee.
With that "blessed hope" before us,
Let no harp remain unstrung;
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll, from tongue to tongue;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!
Christ is Coming! — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/christ-is-coming
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Christ is Coming?
The words of Christ is Coming were written by John R. MacDuff; the version here was published in 1908. The library also holds Who Is This?, another hymn by John R. MacDuff.
Is Christ is Coming public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Christ is Coming?
Christ is Coming is in 8.7.8.7.8.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us, Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven and To the Name of Our Salvation.