Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#212

212. 'Tis Almost TIme for the Lord to Come

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.

Refrain
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 all mankind,
The coming of the Master draweth nigh. [Refrain]

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. [Refrain]

4 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. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: ’Tis almost time for the Lord to come
• Title: 'Tis Almost TIme for the Lord to Come
• Author: G. W. Sederquist (c. 1902)
• Refrain First Line: O it must be the breaking of the day!
• Meter: 9.6.8.9.Ref.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Second Advent

Tune Information

• Name: [’Tis almost time for the Lord to come]
• Composer: G. W. Sederquist
• Meter: 9.6.8.9.Ref.
• Incipit: 53335 34461 65551