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SDA Hymnal 201

Christ Is Coming

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1Christ is coming! let creation
Bid her groans and travail cease;
Let the glorious proclamation
Hope restore and faith increase;

RefrainChrist is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!

2Earth can now but tell the story
Of Thy bitter cross and pain;
She shall yet behold Thy glory
When Thou comest back to reign;

3With that "blessed hope" before us,
Let no harp remain unstrung;
Let the mighty advent chorus
Onward roll from tongue to tongue:

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The verse

Meter
8.7.9.7
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 67% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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Verse 1

Christ is coming! let creation/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Bid her groans and travail cease;/˘/˘˘//7B
Let the glorious proclamation/˘/˘˘/˘/˘9A
Hope restore and faith increase;/˘/˘///7B

Verse 2

Earth can now but tell the story/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Of Thy bitter cross and pain;˘//˘/˘/7B
She shall yet behold Thy glory˘˘/˘///˘8A
When Thou comest back to reign;///˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

With that "blessed hope" before us,˘˘//˘/˘7A
Let no harp remain unstrung;/˘/˘/??7B
Let the mighty advent chorus/˘/˘///˘8C
Onward roll from tongue to tongue:/˘/˘/˘/7D

Refrain

Christ is coming! Christ is coming!/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!////˘/6B
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!////˘/6B
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!///˘/˘/7C
Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace!////˘/6B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.