One day we'll hear the trumpet sound

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:15
Book Number:
  • 1220

One day we’ll hear the trumpet sound,
the shout will echo all around!
Christ is coming! Hallelujah!
The skies will open for our King,
all those who love him gladly sing,
Lord, come quickly! Hallelujah!
O praise him! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

2. Archangel’s voice calls from the skies,
and first the dead in Christ will rise.
Christ is coming! Hallelujah!
Then we will meet him in the air,
and every eye will see him there.
Lord, come quickly! Hallelujah!
O praise him! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

3. All those who love him will rejoice
at Jesus’ lovely face and voice.
Christ is coming! Hallelujah!
Our every longing satisfied—
our King returns to claim his bride!
Lord, come quickly! Hallelujah!
O praise him! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

4. The end of sorrow, pains and fears,
for God himself will dry our tears.
Christ is coming! Hallelujah!
With pleasures there for endless days,
we’ll dwell in ceaseless joy and praise.
Lord, come quickly! Hallelujah!
O praise him! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

5. So live as children of the light,
assured our future is so bright.
Christ is coming! Hallelujah!
Let faith and love our armour be
till that bright dawn we gladly see.
Lord, come quickly! Hallelujah!
O praise him! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Based on 1 Thessalonians 4:15–5:10

© 2016 JULIA C GRIER
Julia C Grier

The Future - Heaven and Glory

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The story behind the hymn

 

 

 


“Our visiting preacher’s text was Acts 1:11 (‘This same Jesus…’) and he left me to pick the singing.  I discovered to my dismay how few hymns there are in our hymnbooks on the Second Coming.  And of those, so many of them are in the ‘Dies Irae’ category – watch out, the Lord is coming back in judgement!  I couldn’t find anything that really expressed the joyful anticipation of the believer, like in 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5.  So I wrote my own, based on those chapters.  It should be sung at a brisk, happy pace.”


 

 

 

A look at the author

Grier, Julia C

Mrs Julia Christine Grier was born in Belfast in 1947. she attended Victoria College Belfast and gained a BA from Queen’s University, Belfast.
Julia has a PGCE from Redland Collage, Bristol University.
She was a primary school teacher in Belfast, Antrim and Waterford and was a learning support teacher in Belfast.

Julia’s main burden is to see children following Jesus, so she has been involved in Christian clubs in schools and churches. She has always been a bit of a poet and has written a number of unpublished children’s songs and psalm versions.

Julia is married to John Grier, former manager of the Evangelical Book Shop, Belfast. They live in Belfast, and are blessed with three children serving the Lord in various parts of the world.

Julia is published by Praise! online at number 1220