We are watch­ing, we are wait­ing
Till the mists shall clear away,
And our Lord shall come in glo­ry
With His saints in bright ar­ray;
When the trump of God re­sound­ing,
Shall be heard on ev­ery shore,
And the dead in Christ shall wak­en
To be with Him ev­er­more.

Refrain

We are watch­ing, we are wait­ing,
For the dawn­ing of that glo­ri­ous day,
For the com­ing of our Sav­ior,
With His saints in bright ar­ray.

We are look­ing for the com­ing
Of our great and glo­ri­ous king,
Who shall ban­ish from His pre­sence
Every dark and ev­il thing;
When His jus­tice and His mer­cy
Shall pre­vail in all the world,
And o’er ev­ery tribe and na­tion
Shall His ban­ner be un­furled.

Refrain

Now by faith we catch a vi­sion
Of that glad mil­len­ni­al reign,
And be­hold the ran­somed mill­ions
Who shall foll­ow in His train;
And our hearts cry out, Come quick­ly,
That His beau­ty we may see,
And be with our Lord in glo­ry
Thro’ a blest eter­ni­ty.

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