What A Gathering That Will Be
- Words:
- J. H. Kurzenknabe
- Music:
- J. H. Kurzenknabe
Sheet music
- 1At the sounding of the trumpet, when the saints are gathered home,We will greet each other by the crystal sea, (crystal sea,)With the saints and all the saved ones there awaiting us to come,What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!What a gath’ring,(gath’ring with the saved ones when we’ll) gath’ring,(meet with one another,)At the sounding of the glor'ous jubilee! (jubilee!)What a gath’ring,(gath’ring when the saints and all the) gath’ring,(saved ones meet each other,)What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!
- 2When the angel of the Lord proclaims earth-time shall be no more,We shall gather, and the saved and ransomed see, (ransomed see,)Then to meet again together, on the bright celestial shore,What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!What a gath’ring,(gath’ring with the saved ones when we’ll) gath’ring,(meet with one another,)At the sounding of the glor'ous jubilee! (jubilee!)What a gath’ring,(gath’ring when the saints and all the) gath’ring,(saved ones meet each other,)What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!
- 3At 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 Savior,"Come, ye blessed, to My right,”What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!What a gath’ring,(gath’ring with the saved ones when we’ll) gath’ring,(meet with one another,)At the sounding of the glor'ous jubilee! (jubilee!)What a gath’ring,(gath’ring when the saints and all the) gath’ring,(saved ones meet each other,)What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!
- 4When the golden cords are sounding, and the angel bands proclaim,In triumphant strains the glor'ous 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!What a gath’ring,(gath’ring with the saved ones when we’ll) gath’ring,(meet with one another,)At the sounding of the glor'ous jubilee! (jubilee!)What a gath’ring,(gath’ring when the saints and all the) gath’ring,(saved ones meet each other,)What a gath’ring of the faithful that will be!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1878, the words are in 191 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.