Light in the Eastern Sky

Light in the east­ern sky

Je­sus re­turn­ing!

Light in the west­ern sky

Je­sus is near!

Soon shall the na­tions

His ad­vent dis­cern­ing

Hail Him with glad­ness

or see Him with fear.

Lord

by Thy hands that were nail pierced and torn:

Lord by the crown that they wove of the thorns:

Lord

by Thy pass­ion in Geth­se­ma­ne:

Christ of all ten­de­rness

plead Thou for me!

Bright be our lamps as we watch for the dawn­ing

Girded our loins

that our strength may not fail;

So as He shines through the mists of the morn­ing

We may be rea­dy to cry Him

All hail!

Not as at Na­za­reth—low­ly they found Him;

He as the Judge com­eth back from the sky;

Borne on the whirl­wind

with an­gels around Him

Veiling their face from His glo­ry so nigh.

Judge of the earth

who in mer­cy un­fail­ing

Offered Thy­self as atone­ment for sin

In that great day

by Thy love all pre­vail­ing

Grant us the rest of Thy heav­en to win!