Waiting for Christ

Jesus died on Calvary's mountain

No. 820
Metre 8s & 4s.
Tune LONG TIME AGO.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 4/4
7 stanzas

Words

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Jesus died on Calvary's mountainLong time ago,And salvation's rolling fountainNow freely flows.

Once his voice, in tones of pity,Melted in woe,As he wept o'er Judah's city,Long time ago.

Jesus died,—yet lives forever,No more to die,—Bleeding Jesus, blessed Saviour,Now reigns on high.

Now in heaven he's intercedingFor dying men;Soon he'll finish all his pleading,And come again.

Budding fig-trees tell that summerDawns o'er the land;Signs portend that Jesus' comingIs near at hand.

Children, let your lamps be burning,In hope of heaven,Waiting for our Lord's returningAt dawn or even.

When he comes, a voice from heavenShall pierce the tomb:"Come, ye blessed of my Father,Children, come home."

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «820» (large), tune name «LONG TIME AGO. 8s & 4s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right in the composer slot (capitals and small capitals); running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.». Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, on one system, in a condensed bold face, with «1.» before «Je-sus»: «1. Je-sus died on Calvary's mountain Long time a - go, And sal-va-tion's rolling fountain Now free - ly flows.» («Calvary's», «mountain», «rolling», «fountain» set as whole words under their notes). No reference line (the tune is printed here with its own music). Stanzas 2–7 are printed as text in two columns below the music (2–4 left, 5–7 right), numbered «2»–«7» without periods (written «2.»–«7.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented; stanza 1 is laid out the same way here. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 7. Stanza 4 begins «Ncw» in the print — a «c» sort (ball terminal, open bowl) where «Now» is meant; kept as printed (see uncertainties.md). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («men ;», «tomb :»); it is closed up here; the apostrophes of «he's» and «he'll» stand a little apart from «he» in the print and are closed up. Spelling («Saviour», «forever», «o'er»), punctuation (the dashes «died,—», «die,—»), quotation marks and capitals are the print's.