Waiting for Christ

Hark! hark! hear the blest tidings

No. 831
Metre 7s 6s & 4.
Tune GLAD TIDINGS.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/8
6 stanzas

Words

Hark! hark! hear the blest tidings;Soon, soon, Jesus will come,Robed, robed, in honor and glory,To gather his ransomed ones home.Yes, yes, O yes,To gather his ransomed ones home.

Joy, joy, sound it more loudly,Sing, sing, Glory to God!Soon, soon, Jesus is coming,Publish the tidings abroad.Yes, yes, O yes,Publish the tidings abroad.

Bright, bright, seraphs attending,Shouts, shouts, filling the air;Down, down, swiftly from heaven,Jesus our Lord will appear.Yes, yes, O yes,Jesus our Lord will appear.

Now, now, through a glass darkly,Shine, shine, visions to come;Soon, soon, we shall behold them,Cloudless and bright in our home.Yes, yes, O yes,Cloudless and bright in our home.

Long, long, we have been waiting,Who, who, love his blest name;Now, now, we are delighting,Jesus is near to proclaim.Yes, yes, O yes,Jesus is near to proclaim.

Still, still, rest on the promise,Cling, cling, fast to his word;Wait, wait, if he should tarry,Patiently wait for the Lord.Yes, yes, O yes,Patiently wait for the Lord.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»; hymn number «831» (large), tune name «GLAD TIDINGS. 7s 6s & 4.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Hark»; the syllable «To» that opens verse lines 4 and 6 of stanza 1 is sung on a small note at the end of the bar before (m14, m21) — the other stanzas, with 7-syllable lines, take the full-size note there instead. «ransomed» is printed whole under two notes; «tid - ings», «Je - sus», «glo - ry», «gath - er» with spaced hyphens, «hon- or» with the hyphen closed to «hon». No reference line is printed for this hymn. Stanzas 2–6 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«6» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«6.» here like stanza 1), with «Anon.» in italics after stanza 6. In each stanza lines 2, 4 and 6 are indented and line 5 («Yes, yes, O yes,») is indented further. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» («Hark !», «hark !», «tid - ings ;», «air ;», «word ;»); it is closed up here. A handwritten note in the top margin and the gathering signature «18» are not part of the hymn (see uncertainties.md). Spelling («honor»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.