Monday, November 21, 2011

Soon


Dear friend, one day soon this song will come true
On that day I hope you're not here to read this
but just in case you do
I want you to know
I've gone to be with Jesus,
and now His face I see.

Yes soon The King is coming
I can almost hear Him telling
the chariots, "Be steady"
before they leap from Heavens Home

Oh how I pray you'll be ready
for His face to see
And together we'll say:
"He's coming for me."
The market place is empty

No more traffic in the streets

All builders tools are silent

No more time to harvest wheat

Busy housewives cease their labors

In the Courtroom no debate

Work on earth is all suspended

As the King comes through the gate.


Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

I just heard the trumpet sounding

And now his face I see

Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

Praise God

He's coming for me!


All the railroad road cars are empty

As they rattle down the tracks

In the newsroom no one watches

As machines type pointless facts

All the planes veer off their courses

No one sits at the controls

For the King of all the ages

Comes to claim eternal souls.

Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

I just heard the trumpet sounding

And now his face I see

Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

Praise God

He's coming for me!


Happy faces line the hallways

Those whose lives have been redeemed

Broken homes that He has mended

Those from prison He has freed

Little children and the aged

Hand in hand stand all aglow

Who were crippled, broken, ruined

Clad in garments white as snow.

Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

I just heard the trumpet sounding

And now his face I see


Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

Praise God

He's coming for me!


I can hear the chariots rumble

I can see the marching throng

The flurry of God's trumpet

Spell the end of sin and wrong

Regal robes are now enfolding

Heaven's grandstand all in place

Heaven's choir now assembled

Start to sing Amazing Grace.


Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

I just heard the trumpet sounding

And now his face I see

Oh, the King is coming

The King is coming

Praise God

He's coming for me!


By Bill Gaither





6 comments:

Glynn said...

I started reading this and thought, "This sounds like a song from Bill Gaither."

Doug Spurling said...

Glynn, thanks for stopping by. Soon, I'll be looking forward to showing off your new book! Our pastor wove three old hymns into his sermon, I was a weeping wreck by the time he was done. This was one of the hymns and the other two are scheduled to post a few days from now. I couldn't sleep until I got them out of my head onto paper.

S. Etole said...

I love this song ... it lifts me though I haven't heard it for years.

Doug Spurling said...

Hi Sharon! Thanks for stopping by. I know what you mean...I hadn't heard it either, in years. But soon and very soon we are going to see The King.

caryjo said...

Back in the '70s this was one of my favorite songs... and then forward a number of years. You make some nice posting choices. I'm glad some people who are young enough to have missed those gorgeous songs back then can hear them now and read the significant lyrics.

Doug Spurling said...

Caryjo, Classics never grow old and Love doesn't wear a watch, thank you for stopping by, always nice to see you.