1 Jesus is coming again, by and by,
Coming his saints to reward;
Coming to gather the faithful on high,
Into the home of their Lord.
Chorus:
Coming, coming,
Yes, the Redeemer is coming,
Coming, coming,
Coming to gather us home.
2 Will you be ready and robed when he comes,
Robed in the garments of white;
Ready to enter yon beautiful home,
Heaven's fair mansions of light? [Chorus]
3 When he shall gather his jewels, his own,
Into the kingdom above;
Will you be numbered with those at the throne,
Chanting the anthems of love? [Chorus]
Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873.
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