Scripture Verse

They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matthew 24:30

Introduction

Words: Anon­ymous, in The Ad­vent Harp, ed­it­ed by Jo­shua Vaugh­an Himes (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chus­etts: J. V. Himes, 1849), num­ber 71.

Music: Ward ar­ranged from a Scot­tish tune by Low­ell Ma­son, 1830 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pic­ture of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

O Je­sus, Lord! when shall we see,
And cast our long­ing eyes on Thee?
On Thee our light, our life, our love,
Our all be­low, our heav’n ab­ove?

O hap­py day! when we no more
Shall grieve Him whom our souls ad­ore;
When sor­rows, con­flicts, fears, shall cease,
And all our tri­als end in peace.

Come, Sav­ior, come! O quick­ly come,
Take us, Thy wait­ing people, home;
We long to stand around Thy throne,
To love and serve Thee, Lord, alone.