Advent Tells Us, Christ Is Near

Advent tells us

Christ is near:

Christmas tells us Christ is here!

In Epi­pha­ny we trace

All the glo­ry of His grace.

Those three Sun­days be­fore Lent

Will pre­pare us to repent;

That in Lent we may be­gin

Earnestly to mourn for sin.

Holy Week and East­er

then

Tell who died and rose again;

O that hap­py East­er day!

Christ is ris­en in­deed

we say.

Yes

and Christ as­cend­ed

too

To pre­pare a place for you;

So we give Him spe­cial praise

After those great for­ty days.

Then

He sent the Ho­ly Ghost

On the day of Pen­te­cost

With us ev­er to abide:

Well may we keep Whit­sun­tide!

Last of all

we hum­bly sing

Glory to our God and king

Glory to the One in three

On the Feast of Tri­ni­ty.