Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: In expectation sweet
Topic: Christ/Second Advent
Writer: J Swain
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune: Thatcher
Hymn Number: 419
Page Number: 145, 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 Conqu'ror comes!
Death falls beneath His sword;
The joyful pris'ners 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.