Our Savior Christ Will Quickly Come

lyricist: Ed­ward Bick­er­steth (1786–1850)
Composer: Este’s Psalter, 1592

Our Sav­ior Christ will quick­ly come

As light­ning shines on high;

In clouds

with pow­er and glo­ry great

Be seen by ev­ery eye.

While sud­den ter­rors seize His foes

His wrath they can’t es­cape;

The saints’ re­demp­tion then ap­pears;

They real­ize their hope.

The dead are raised

the liv­ing changed

From ev­ery land they come;

His Church’s num­ber all com­plete

Th’elect are ga­thered home.

Oh glo­ri­ous hope! if Je­sus be

Our Sav­ior and our friend

For we shall then be with our Lord

In joys that nev­er end.

Oh! may we wait

and watch

and pray

Look up

and

free from fear

Our life be all de­vo­ted­ness

Till He our Lord ap­pear.

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