Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: In expectation sweet
Topic: Heaven
Writer: J Swain
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: SM
Tune: Laban
Hymn Number: 386
Page Number: 127, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIN expectation sweet
We wait, and sing, and pray,
Till Christ's triumphal car we meet,
And see an endless 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 o'er shall close
Upon its perfect bliss.