212- 'Tis Almost Time for the Lord to Come
Jesus Christ: Second Advent
1
- 'Tis almost time for the Lord to come,
- I hear the people say;
- The stars of heaven are growing dim,
- It must be the breaking of the day.
Refrain
- O it must be the breaking of the day!
- O it must be the breaking of the day!
- The night is almost gone,
- The day is coming on;
- O it must be the breaking of the day!
2
- The signs foretold in the sun and moon,
- In earth and sea and sky,
- Aloud proclaim to all mankind,
- The coming of the Master draweth nigh.
3
- It must be time for the waiting church
- To cast her pride away,
- With girded loins and burning lamps,
- To look for the breaking of the day.
4
- Go quickly out in the streets and lanes
- And in the broad highway,
- And call the maimed, the halt, and blind,
- To be ready for the breaking of the day.