Scripture Verse

The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. James 5:8

Introduction

portrait
Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Re­demp­tion Songs, by John Swe­ney, Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, John J. Lowe & Is­aac H. Me­re­dith (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1889).

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

portrait
John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Oh, ral­ly round the stand­ard
Of Christ, our roy­al king;
Oh, ral­ly round His stand­ard,
And hal­le­lu­jahs sing.

Refrain

For the morn­ing draw­eth nigh,
For the morn­ing draw­eth nigh;
We can see it in the dist­ance,
We shall hear it, we shall hear it by and by.

Though long and deep the sha­dows
The drea­ry night may bring,
Our lamps are trimmed and burn­ing,
Our hal­le­lu­jahs ring.

Refrain

To yon­der gold­en re­gion
Our faith now plumes her wing;
Our hearts with joy are bound­ing,
And abun­dant­ly ring.

Refrain

To Him who paid our ran­som,
And took from death the sting,
Be ev­er­last­ing prais­es,
Let abun­dant­ly ring.

Refrain