Hasten the Time Appointed

Hasten the time ap­point­ed

By pro­phets long fore­told

When all shall dwell to­ge­ther

One Shep­herd and one fold.

Let ev­ery id­ol per­ish

To moles and bats be thrown

And ev­ery pray­er be of­fered

To God in Christ alone.

Let Jew and Gen­tile

meet­ing

From ma­ny a dist­ant shore

Around one al­tar kneel­ing

One com­mon Lord adore.

Let all that now di­vides us

Remove and pass away

Like sha­dows of the morn­ing

Before the blaze of day.

Let all that now unites us

More sweet and last­ing prove

A clos­er bond of un­ion

In a blest land of love.

Let war be learned no long­er

Let strife and tu­mult cease

All earth His bless­èd king­dom

The Lord and Prince of Peace.

O long ex­pect­ed dawn­ing

Come with thy cheer­ing ray!

When shall the morn­ing bright­en

The sha­dows flee away?

O sweet an­ti­ci­pa­tion!

It cheers the watch­ers on

To pray

and hope

and la­bor

Till the dark night be gone.