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Believers Hymn Book · No. 223 · Words: Daniel Webster Whittle · Tune: Crowning Day
Our Lord is now rejected
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A 19th-century hymn by Major D. W. Whittle (1881) anticipating the second coming of Christ — 'the crowning day' — when believers will see Him in power and glory. It contrasts Christ's present rejection by the world with the splendour of His future reign.
Verse 1
Our Lord is now rejected
And by the world disowned,
By the many still neglected
And by the few enthroned;
But soon He'll come in glory!
The hour is drawing nigh,
For the crowning day is coming
By and by.
Chorus
O the crowning day is coming!
Is coming by and by!
When our Lord shall come in power
And glory from on high!
O the glorious sight will gladden
Each waiting, watchful eye,
In the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
Verse 2
The heavens shall glow with splendour;
But brighter far than they
The saints shall shine in glory
As Christ shall them array:
The beauty of the Saviour
Shall dazzle every eye
In the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
Chorus
O the crowning day is coming!
Is coming by and by!
When our Lord shall come in power
And glory from on high!
O the glorious sight will gladden
Each waiting, watchful eye,
In the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
Verse 3
Our pain shall then be over,
We'll sin and sigh no more;
Behind us all our sorrow,
And nought but joy before.
A joy in our Redeemer
As we to Him are nigh,
In the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
Chorus
O the crowning day is coming!
Is coming by and by!
When our Lord shall come in power
And glory from on high!
O the glorious sight will gladden
Each waiting, watchful eye,
In the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
Verse 4
Let all who look for "hasten"
The coming joyful day
By earnest consecration
To walk the narrow way;
By gathering in the lost ones
For whom our Lord did die,
For the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
Chorus
O the crowning day is coming!
Is coming by and by!
When our Lord shall come in power
And glory from on high!
O the glorious sight will gladden
Each waiting, watchful eye,
In the crowning day that's coming
By and by.
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