Advent Music: On Hymns About the Second Coming of Jesus

In the early Advent movement, the hymns on the subject of the coming of the Lord, sung with intense earnestness and solemnity had a wonderful effect on the hearers. James White, one of the great leaders in the great second Advent Movement of 1844, was very musical, a powerful and an excellent singer. And there…

SDAH 453: We Have Heard

Text 1We have heard from the bright, the holy, land;We have heard, and our hearts are glad;For we were a lonely pilgrim band,And weary, and worn, and sad.They tell us the saints have a dwelling there-No longer are homeless ones;And we know that the goodly land is fair,Where life’s pure river runs. 2They say green…