The Night Is Far Spent (Kelly)

The night is far spent

The day is at hand;

Already the dawn

May be seen in the sky;

Rejoice then

ye saints

’Tis your Lord’s own com­mand;

Rejoice

for the com­ing

Of Je­sus draws nigh.

How bright it will be

When Je­sus ap­pears!

How wel­come to those

Who have shared in His cross!

A crown in­cor­rupt­ible

Then will be theirs

A rich com­pen­sa­tion

For suf­fer­ing and loss.

Affliction is light

Compared to the day

Of glo­ry that then

Will from Heav­en be re­vealed!

The Sav­ior is com­ing

His peo­ple may say

The Lord whom we look for

Our sun and our shield.

O par­don us

Lord

That love to Thy name

Is faint

with so much

Our af­fect­ions to move!

Our dead­ness shall fill us

With grief and with shame

So much to be loved

And so lit­tle to love!

O kin­dle with­in

Us ho­ly de­sire

Like that which was found

In Thy peo­ple of old!

Who felt all Thy love

And whose hearts were on fire

While wait­ing in pa­tience

Thy face to be­hold!