My Soul Is Happy When I Hear

My soul is hap­py when I hear

The Sav­ior is so nigh

And longs to see His sign ap­pear

Upon the op­en­ing sky.

I love to wait

and watch

and pray

And trust His liv­ing Word

And feel the com­ing of that day

No long­er is de­ferred.

I do re­joice that life was giv’n

In these last days to me

That death­less I may rise to Heav’n

And my Re­deem­er see.

Then

wait­ing breth­ren

let us sing

He will not tar­ry long

And fill with love the hours that bring

The glo­ry of our song.

Yes

He will come

no long­er fear

Though earth and hell as­sail;

His Word at­tests the mo­ment near

And that can nev­er fail.