When the Bridegroom Comes (Ray)

When in robes of light

and in glo­ry bright

Behold

the Bride­groom comes;

What a shout shall rise

and with what sur­prise

Shall we see Him come from the part­ing skies?

For His own be­loved who have faith­ful proved

Behold

the Bride­groom comes.

Will you be rea­dy when the Bride­groom comes?

Will you be rea­dy when the Bride­groom comes?

With the dawn of day

with the noon­tide bright

In the ev­en­ing gray

in the hours of night;

Will you be rea­dy?

Will you be rea­dy?

Will you be rea­dy when the Bride­groom comes?

Thro’ all earth and sky

shall be heard the cry

Behold

the Bride­groom comes;

All the earth shall quake

and its pil­lars shake

And the dead shall from their long slum­bers wake;

While afar and near

all the world shall hear

Behold

the Bride­groom comes.

The arch­an­gel will ev­ery bo­som thrill

Behold

the Bride­groom comes;

What an hour ’twill be when with bend­ed knee

The un­saved the King in His beau­ty see!

And with dire dis­may

and des­pair shall say

Behold

the Bride­groom comes.