’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.

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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!

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

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

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.

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