Waiting and watch­ing for dawn­ing of day,
Day nev­er end­ing and glo­ri­ous­ly bright;
Pilgrims of earth, up­ward look on your way;
Faithful your vi­gil, you’ll soon find the light.

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Waiting and watch­ing, the light soon will dawn;
Pilgrim, look up­ward, there shines the dawn.

Wait ye, and watch, but oh, nev­er des­pair!
Weary, and sor­row­ing pil­grims of earth;
Darkest the night, just as dawn­ing so fair,
On this dear world has its glo­ri­ous birth.

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Led by a star, just one sin­gle clear ray,
Jesus the Day­spring by wise men was found;
In the bright realms where eter­nal is day,
He is now wait­ing our faint hopes to crown.

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