Watching for the Dawning

We are watch­ing

we are wait­ing

Till the mists shall clear away

And our Lord shall come in glo­ry

With His saints in bright ar­ray;

When the trump of God re­sound­ing

Shall be heard on ev­ery shore

And the dead in Christ shall wak­en

To be with Him ev­er­more.

We are watch­ing

we are wait­ing

For the dawn­ing of that glo­ri­ous day

For the com­ing of our Sav­ior

With His saints in bright ar­ray.

We are look­ing for the com­ing

Of our great and glo­ri­ous king

Who shall ban­ish from His pre­sence

Every dark and ev­il thing;

When His jus­tice and His mer­cy

Shall pre­vail in all the world

And o’er ev­ery tribe and na­tion

Shall His ban­ner be un­furled.

Now by faith we catch a vi­sion

Of that glad mil­len­ni­al reign

And be­hold the ran­somed mill­ions

Who shall foll­ow in His train;

And our hearts cry out

Come quick­ly

That His beau­ty we may see

And be with our Lord in glo­ry

Thro’ a blest eter­ni­ty.