Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: That glorious day is drawing nigh
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Hymn Number: 353
Page Number: 347, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThat glorious day is drawing nigh,
When Zion's light shall come:
She shall arise and shine on high,
Bright as the morning sun.
The north and south their songs resign,
And earth's foundations bend;
Dorn'd as a bride, Jerusalem
All glorious shall descend.
The King who bears the golden crown,
The azure flaming bow;
The holy city shall bring down,
His pow'r and love to show.
When Zion's bleeding, conqring King,
Shall sin and death destroy,
The morning stars shall together sing,
And Zion shout for joy.
The holy, bright musician band,
That sing on harps of gold;
Hard by the coast, along the strand,
Their gentle numbers roll
Descending on such melting strains,
Jehovah's name they bore;
Such shouts on earth's extensive plains,
Were never heard before.
Let Satan rage, and boast no more,
Nor think his reign is long;
Tho' saints are feeble, weak and poor,
Their great Redeemer's strong
In storms he is their hiding place --
A covert from the wind;
A stream from th' rock in the wilderness,
Runs through this weary land.
This chrystal stream runs down from heaven,
It issues from the throne;
The floods of strife away are driven,
The Church becomes but one.
That peaceful union she shall know,
And live upon his love;
And shout and sing his name below,
As angels do above.