Lo, the Day, the Day of Life!

Lo

the day

the day of life!

Day of unimagined light

Day when death it­self shall die

And there shall be no more night!

See the King de­sired for ag­es

By the just ex­pect­ed long

Long im­plored

at length He hast­eth

Cometh with sal­va­tion strong.

O how past all ut­ter­ance hap­py

Sweet and joy­ful it will be

When they who

un­seen

have loved Him

Jesus face to face shall see.

Blessèd then

earth’s pa­tient mourn­ers

Who for Christ have toiled and died

Driven by the world’s rough pres­sure

In those man­sions to abide!

What will be the bliss and rap­ture

None can dream

and none can tell

There to reign among the an­gels

In that heav’n­ly home to dwell.