The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12295

12295. The Time Is Near

1 The time is near when Zion’s sons,
With rapturous joy shall sing the song
Foretold by seers—anointed ones;
We have a city great and strong.

2 Open, ye gates! The glorious King
Approaches with a holy throng.
Open, ye gates! Saints, angels, sing
On golden harps the victor’s song!

3 O righteous nation! enter in,
That kept the law of truth below,
Enter the place, all free from sin,
Where life’s pure waters gently flow.

4 Within these walls shall they remain,
Who trusted, mighty Lord! in Thee:
Death, their last enemy is slain—
They have a right to life’s fair tree.

5 Thus the redeemed to Zion come,
With songs and everlasting joy;
Angelic legions waft them home,
With shouts of praise their harps employ.

Text Information

• First Line: The time is near when Zion’s sons
• Title: The Time Is Near
• Author: Roswell F. Cottrell
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Tunes (Battle Creek: MI: Steam Press of the Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association, 1876)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ANVERTN
• Arranger: Lowell Mason (1840)
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: German tune
• Copyright: Public Domain