1. Christ is coming! Let creation From her groans and travail cease; Let the glorious proclamation Hope restore and faith increase; Christ is coming! Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace. 2. Earth can now but tell the story Of Thy bitter Cross and pain; She shall yet behold Thy glory, When Thou comest back to reign; Christ is coming! Let each heart repeat the strain. 3. Long Thine exiles have been pining, Far from rest, and home, and Thee; But, in heavenly vestures shining, They their loving Lord shall see; Christ is coming! Haste the joyous jubilee. 4. With that blessed hope before us, Let no harp remain unstrung; Let the mighty advent chorus Onward roll from tongue to tongue; ‘Christ is coming! Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!’