What If It Were Today?
Words & Music by Lelia Naylor Morris, 1862-1929
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Verse 1:
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Jesus is coming to Earth again
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What if it were today
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Coming in power and love to reign
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What if it were to today
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Coming to claim His chosen bride
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All the redeemed and purified
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Over this whole Earth scattered wide
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What if it were today
Refrain:
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Glo – ry, glo – ry, joy to my heart ‘twill bring
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Glory, glory, when we shall crown Him King
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Glo – ry, glo – ry, haste to prepare the way
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Glo – ry, glo – ry, Jesus will come some day
Verse 2:
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Satan’s dominion will then be o’er
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O that it were today
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Sorrow and sighing shall be no more
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O that it were today
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Then shall the dead in Christ arise
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Caught up to meet Him in the skies
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When shall these glories meet our eyes
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What if it were today
[Refrain]
Verse 3:
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Faithful and true would He find us here
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If He should come today
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Watching in gladness and not in fear
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If He should come today
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Signs of His coming multiply
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Morning light breaks in eastern sky
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Watch, for the time is drawing nigh
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What if it were today
[Refrain]
