Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: In expectation sweet
Topic: Present and Future/Second Advent
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: SM
Tune: Thatcher
Hymn Number: 736
Page Number: 270, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIn ex-pect-a-tion sweet,
We wait, and sing, and pray,
Till Christ's tri-umph-al car we meet,
And see an end-less day.
He comes! the Conqueror comes!
Death falls beneath his sword;
The joyful prisoners burst their tombs,
And rise to meet their Lord.
The trumpet sounds-Awake!
Ye dead, to judgment come!
The pillars of creation shake,
While hell receives her doom.
Thrice happy morn for those
Who love the ways of peace;
No night of sorrow e'er shall close
Upon its perfect bliss.