The Golden Sheaf ‎#7

7. The Breaking of the Day

1 'Tis almost time for the Lord to come,
I hear the people say,
The stars of heaven are growing dim,
It must be the breaking of the day.

Chorus:
O it must be the breaking of the day,
O it must be the breaking of the day.
The night is almost gone,
The day is coming on,
O it must be the breaking of the day.

2 The signs foretold in the sun and moon,
In earth, and sea, and sky;
Aloud proclaim to the race of men,
That the coming of the Master draweth nigh. [Chorus]

3 It must be time for the waiting church
To cast her pride away;
With girded loins and burning lamps,
To look for the breaking of the day. [Chorus]

4 There must be those in the field of sin,
Far from the fold astray.
Who once were happy in Jesus' love,
And looking for the breaking of the day. [Chorus]

5 Go quickly out in the streets and lanes,
And in the broad highway,
And call the maimed, the halt and blind,
To be ready for the breaking of the day. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: 'Tis almost time for the Lord to come
• Title: The Breaking of the Day
• Author: G. W. S.
• Refrain First Line: O it must be the breaking of the day
• Publication Date: 1902
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ['Tis almost time for the Lord to come]
• Composer: G. W. Sederquist
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.