Until the Day Dawn

Let that day come

O Lord

And oth­er days pass by;

Night is far spent

and dawn­ing tells

That Thou art draw­ing nigh.

A morn­ing with­out clouds

Clear shin­ing af­ter rain

It shall awake the slum­ber­ing earth

To dewy youth again.

Watch ye

and work

and wait

For Him your vi­gils keep

Lest com­ing sud­den­ly

He find

His serv­ants sunk in sleep.

Watch

for the Bride­groom comes!

The hour one know­eth not;

But yet the stars are grow­ing pale

And He hath not for­got.

Watch till your eyes shall see

The glow first flush the sky:

Light of the world

arise and shine

In full-orbed ra­di­an­cy!

Hasten Thy com­ing

Lord!

Dawn

O thou glo­ri­ous day!

Then shall the fair­est days of earth

Pass in­to shade away.