Waiting for Christ

In expectation sweet

No. 816
Metre S. M.
Words Anon.
Singing key C major
4 stanzas

Sung to BOYLSTON (hymn 558)

Words

In expectation sweet,We'll wait, and sing, and pray,Till Christ's triumphal car we meet,And see an endless day.

He comes! The conqueror comes!Death falls beneath his sword;The joyful prisoners burst the tombs,And rise to meet their Lord.

The trumpet sounds, Awake!The saints the call obey;Their joyful upward flight they takeTo realms of endless day.

Thrice happy morn for thoseWho love the ways of peace;No night of sorrow e'er shall closeOr shade their perfect bliss.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «816» (large) in the right column of p. 267, under the end of hymn 815, with the reference line «810, 558, 732.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 810 EL KADER, 558 BOYLSTON or 732 DAY, all S. M.; no meter is printed — the four lines 6.6.8.6 are S. M., like the referenced tunes). Four stanzas in the right column, numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented; «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 4. The first word «IN» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «In». In stanza 2 a wider space follows «He comes!» before «The conqueror comes!»; written as one space. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («comes !», «sword ;», «Awake !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («e'er»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.