What a Gathering That will Be!
At the sounding of the trumpet, when the saints are gathered home,
At the sounding of the trumpet, when the saints are gathered home,We will greet each other by the crystal sea (crystal sea);When the Lord himself from heaven to his glory bids them come,What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be!
What a gath'ring of the loved ones, when we meet with one another,At the sounding of the glorious jubilee (jubilee)!What a gath'ring, when the friends and all the dear ones meet each other;What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be!
Upper line of the chorus (soprano, over her held notes, while the other voices sing the first and third lines above); between these she sings the shared words of the lower line («At the sounding of the glorious jubilee», «What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be!»):What a gath'ring, gath'ring,What a gath'ring, gath'ring,
When the angel of the Lord proclaims that time shall be no more,We shall gather, and the saved and ransomed see (gladly see);Then to meet again together, on the bright, celestial shore,What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be!
At the great and final Judgment, when the hidden comes to light,When the Lord in all his glory we shall see (we shall see);At the bidding of our Saviour, "Come, ye blessed, to my right,"What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be!
When the golden harps are sounding, and the angel bands proclaimIn triumphant strains the glorious jubilee (jubilee);Then to meet and join to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb,What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be!