Waiting for Christ

The world is very evil

No. 834
Metre 7s & 6s. D.
Words John M. Neale.
Singing key E♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to MUNICH (hymn 357)

Words

The world is very evil,The times are waxing late;Be sober and keep vigil;The Judge is at the gate,—The Judge who comes in mercy,The Judge who comes with might,—Who comes to end the evil,Who comes to crown the right.

Arise, arise, good Christian,Let right to wrong succeed;Let penitential sorrowTo heavenly gladness lead,—To light that has no evening,That knows no moon nor sun,—The light so new and golden,The light that is but one.

Behold the morn shall waken,And shadows shall decay,And each true-hearted servantShall shine as does the day;And God, our King and Portion,In fullness of his grace,Shall we behold forever,And worship face to face.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «834» (large) in the left column of p. 274, under hymn 833 («Anon.»), with the reference line «357, 246.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 357 MUNICH or 246 EWING, both 7s & 6s. D.; no meter is printed — eight lines of 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 syllables). Stanzas 1–2 stand at the foot of the left column; stanza 3 continues at the top of the right column, above hymn 835, followed by «John M. Neale.» in italics. Stanzas numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2, 4, 6, 8 of each stanza are indented. The first word «THE» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «The». The print sets a thin space before «;» («late ;», «vigil ;», «succeed ;», «day ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling («fullness»), punctuation (the dashes «gate,—», «might,—», «lead,—», «sun,—») and capitals are the print's.