ONE DAY THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND,
O WHAT A PLEASURE TO HEAR
AS MY BODY LEAVES THE GROUBD
SEEING MY SAVIOR SO NEAR.
WHAT JOY THERE WILL BE
AS WE JOIN HIM IN THE AIR
FOREVER HIS WONDERFUL FACE TO SEE
AND BE FREE FROM EARTHLY CARE.
WHAT A MEETING WE WILL SHARE
JOINING OUR LOVED ONES GONE BEFORE
PRAISING OUR LORD FOREVER THERE
JOYFUL IN HIS PRESENCE EVERMORE
THE AWESOME SIGHTS WE'LL SEE
PREPARED JUST FOR US
MANSIONS AND GARDENS TO BE
JUST AS HE PROMISED FOR THE JUST
HOW WE LONG FOR THAT DAY
AND THE MEETING IN THE AIR
BUT HERE WE NEED TO STAY
ANOTHER HOUR HIS STORY TO SHARE
A FEW MORE SOULS TO WIN
AND RESCUE FROM THE COLD
GET THE LOVED ONES IN
SPEAK NOW AND BE BOLD
WE KNOW NOT HOW LONG
TILL THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND
AND HE CALLS OUT STRONG
MY CHILDREN"TO HEAVEN YOU ARE BOUND".
TALK NOW FOR TIME IS SHORT AND PASSING
TELL OF HIS WONDERFUL LOVE
ALL CAN HAVE BY ASKING
AND BELIEVING IN JESUS ABOVE.
WHAT BLESSED ASSURANCE WE GAIN
OF FREEDOM FROM THIS LIFE
OF SORROW AND PAIN
RELIEF ETERNAL FROM ALL STRIFE.
WHAT JOY THAT WILL BE THEN
WHEN THE TRUMPET WILL CALL
WHEN AT LAST WE HEAR "COME ON IN"
"WELCOME HOME" IS SPOKEN TO ALL.
C.Negley(c)2002