When in robes of light, and in glo­ry bright,
Behold, the Bride­groom comes;
What a shout shall rise, and with what sur­prise
Shall we see Him come from the part­ing skies?
For His own be­loved who have faith­ful proved,
Behold, the Bride­groom comes.

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Will you be rea­dy when the Bride­groom comes?
Will you be rea­dy when the Bride­groom comes?
With the dawn of day, with the noon­tide bright,
In the ev­en­ing gray, in the hours of night;
Will you be rea­dy? Will you be rea­dy?
Will you be rea­dy when the Bride­groom comes?

Thro’ all earth and sky, shall be heard the cry
Behold, the Bride­groom comes;
All the earth shall quake, and its pil­lars shake,
And the dead shall from their long slum­bers wake;
While afar and near, all the world shall hear,
Behold, the Bride­groom comes.

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The arch­an­gel will ev­ery bo­som thrill,
Behold, the Bride­groom comes;
What an hour ’twill be when with bend­ed knee,
The un­saved the King in His beau­ty see!
And with dire dis­may, and des­pair shall say,
Behold, the Bride­groom comes.

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