’Tis Almost Time for the Lord to Come

’Tis al­most time for the Lord to come

I hear the people say;

The stars of heav­en are grow­ing dim

It must be the break­ing of the day.

O it must be the break­ing of the day!

O it must be the break­ing of the day!

The night is al­most gone

The day is com­ing on;

O it must be the break­ing of the day!

The signs fore­told in the sun and moon

In earth and sea and sky

Aloud pro­claim to all man­kind

The com­ing of the Mas­ter draw­eth nigh.

It must be time for the wait­ing church

To cast her pride away

With gird­ed loins and burn­ing lamps

To look for the break­ing of the day.

Go quick­ly out in the streets and lanes

And in the broad high­way

And call the maimed

the halt

and blind

To be rea­dy for the break­ing of the day.