212. 'Tis Almost TIme for the Lord to Come

Verse 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.

Chorus 1

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!

Verse 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.

Chorus 3

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!

Verse 4

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

Chorus 5

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!

Verse 6

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.

Chorus 7

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!