Having celebrated the Lord’s Supper at worship today, what better way to close worship (and acknowledge Jesus’ first and second comings) than singing Christ Is Coming! Let Creation…
John Ross Macduff’s lyrics, coupled with Joachim Neander’s classic tune, Neander (naturally) couples well with the themes of Communion itself, which bids Christians look back to the cross, look around them at God’s present grace, and look forward to Christ’s final triumphant return.
The lyrics:
1
Christ is coming! Let creation
From her groans and travail cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, Thou blessèd Prince of Peace.
Come, Thou blessèd Prince of Peace.
2
We can now but tell the story
Of your bitter cross and pain;
We shall yet behold your glory,
In your coming back to reign;
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.
Let each heart repeat the strain.
3
With that “blessèd 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!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!
Sadly, a sung version of this on youtube is eluding me.
Hi-Fi Hymnbook have recorded this organ rendition of the tune.
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