Waiting for Christ

Words

In the sun, and moon, and stars,Signs and wonders have appeared;Earth has groaned with bloody wars,And the hearts of men have feared.

Soon shall ocean's hoary deep,Tossed with stronger tempests, rise;Darker storms the mountains sweep,Fiercer lightnings rend the skies.

Dread alarms shall shake the proud,Pale amazement, restless fear;And amid the thunder cloudShall the Judge of men appear.

But, though from his awful face,Heaven shall fade, and earth shall fly,Fear not ye, his chosen race,Your redemption draweth nigh.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «821» (large), tune name «PLEYEL. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals, small «s»), «IGNACE PLEYEL.» 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: «1. In the sun, and moon, and stars, Signs and won - ders have appeared;» under system 1 and «Earth has groaned with blood - y wars, And the hearts of men have feared.» under system 2 («appeared;» printed as one word under its two notes). The reference line «904, 605, 531.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 904, 605 and 531). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2»–«4» without periods (written «2.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Reginald Heber.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («rise ;», «fear ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling («Tossed», «draweth»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.