Adventist Pioneer Library

Part II

Old Church Yard

You will see your Lord a coming,

  • p. 24
  • Tune Old Church Yard
  • Key F major
  • Singing key E♭ major
  • Time 2/4
  • 9 stanzas
1

Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, p. 24 — the whole page: four systems, two staves (Treble with the words, Bass), F major, 2/4, a one-beat pickup and sixteen bars in two strains, each strain closed by the printer's repeat mark (four dots; a heavy bar at the end). The hymnal prints no metre, author or composer. Stanza 1 is printed between the staves; stanzas 2–9 fill printed p. 25 (PDF 101), which holds nothing else. In stanzas 2–9 the «&c.» stands for the repetition of the first line that the music writes out three times.

2

1
You will see your Lord a coming,
You will see your Lord a coming,
You will see your Lord a coming:—
While the old church yards
Hear the band of music,
hear the band of music,
hear the band of music
Which is sounding thro' the air.

3

2
Gabriel sounds his mighty trumpet, &c.
Through the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

4

3
He'll awake all the nations, &c.
From the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

5

4
There will be a mighty wailing, &c.
At the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

6

5
O Sinner, you will tremble, &c.
At the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

7

6
You will flee to rocks and mountains, &c.
From the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

8

7
You will see the saints arising, &c.
From the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

9

8
Angels bear them to the Savior, &c.
From the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

10

9
Then we'll shout, our sufferings over, &c.
From the old church-yards,
While the band of music, &c.
Shall be sounding through the air.

About this hymn

Source
Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
Where
Part II · printed page 24
Checked
score verified · 2026-09-21
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Original key · F major
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Score of Old Church Yard
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