’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.
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.
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.