Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: In expectation sweet
Topic: The Present and the Future/The Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Kelly
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1109
Page Number: 658, 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 e'er shall close
Upon its perfect bliss.