I wonder if anyone else has been wondering about Christ returning? There does come a time when Gods Prophecy is fulfilled. Can anyone imagine what will transpire during the great day?
So many have said throughout my life the end is near!
I hope everyone is ready for the Great Day.
Hey Nowfaith... This is a golden opportunity to answer your questions with
Song. Enjoy (below) the list I made up. Not just one... but over 60 beautiful versions of
Jim Hill's song "What A day That Will Be" that he wrote in the early 50s. I think
Jim's is #5 on my list that he sings with Donnie Summers/Jimmy Blackwood.
John, I had these songs set up several days ago and found the time today to put it together. I actually went through ALL of these songs with various artists. Would you believe that I have had this song going over and over in my mind each day since the beginning? I go to bed with it, wake up with it, mow grass, pull weeds in my yard with it. I'll sing it on my rider mower. Don't care if my neighbors hear me or not. It's still going over and over in my mind almost all of the time. There so anointed and beautiful I really don't want to quit having them dominating my mind. What is better than listening to the lyrics of that song that starts out..."There's Coming a Day....
The only thing I do regret is that each song may have beginning adds that will be somewhat annoying. I will skip the adds as soon as they come up. I believe that listening to these songs will answer your questions of when "wondering about Christs returning" and "hoping that everyone is ready for that Great Day."
About these songs. I actually even had more and I was going to just pick out 10 of the best... but I soon found out they were ALL so anointed that I used the whole playlist... and for sure, I will play them a lot with my headphones sitting and rocking on my porch. Who knows... that when I get lost in these songs I just may wave at all the cars and trucks that pass by my home. I live on Lincoln Hwy so there are a lot of traffic.
I hope this song with it's many versions sung by several different anointed artists in mostly in the Southern Gospel world. You will see several churches of many faiths singing this song in their choir or from their pulpit.. You'll even see some heading to the alter. You'll see various groups singing this song in all walks of life in the Christian world. Some songs have great singing tenor, others with great base singing. You want to hear a young Korean child singing the song beautifully. Several singular versions by various artists. Also included a few piano versions that are also great. Other great instrumental versions are great. Also sung by several different quartets and bluegrass versions. Even have a few that are in karaoke. Also songs sung by various Baptist groups and from Full Gospel Tabernacles.
I pray as you listen... you will be blessed along with various saints watching and listening in the background. (be sure to watch videos in full picture)
The Story Of This Beautiful Song
I love to watch the Gaither Homecoming videos, and every now and then I'm pleasantly surprised to see some of the dignitaries of Southern Gospel music there. One person I love to see is
Jim Hill, who as of this writing is in his 80s and still has his beautiful tenor voice.
Jim Hill as a young man studied to be a professional singer, even auditioning for the Metropolitan Opera, but thankfully for us and for the Kingdom of God he decided to dedicate his life to gospel music. In the 1940s, he started to both manage and sing tenor with the famed Golden Keys Quartet.
In the early 1950's, he would write "What a Day That Will Be." The story goes that his mother-in-law got gravely ill. He was a new Christian at the time, and while he was driving home from work he asked God why this was happening to her. He then said that words just came flooding to his head--when he got home he grabbed a piece of cardboard and started writing the words down. The first person he sang the song to was his mother-in-law.
The song was first presented by the Golden Keys Quartet and went on to be recorded by the Homeland Harmony Quartet. It would go on to become one of the most loved hymns in all of Southern Gospel music. Later in the 1960s, the Golden Keys Quartet would also help establish the songs of another young hymn writer by the name of Bill Gaither.
On October 3, 2012, Jim is scheduled to be inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Dollywood, a tribute that's certainly much-deserved and long overdue.
There is coming a day,
When no heart aches shall come,
No more clouds in the sky,
No more tears to dim the eye,
All is peace forever more,
On that happy golden shore,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
What a day that will be,
When my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
The One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand,
And leads me through the Promised Land,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
There’ll be no sorrow there,
No more burdens to bear,
No more sickness, no pain,
No more parting over there;
And forever I will be,
With the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
What a day that will be,
When my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
The One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand,
And leads me through the Promised Land,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
