Waiting for Christ

We are living, we are dwelling

No. 847
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune THE ALARM.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key D major
Singing key C major
Time 4/4
5 stanzas

Words

We are living, we are dwelling,In a grand and awful time;In an age on ages telling—To be living is sublime.Hark! the waking up of nations,Gog and Magog to the fray;Hark! what soundeth? Is creationGroaning for her latter day?

Christian, rouse and arm for conflict,Nerve thee for the battle-field;Bear the helmet of salvation,And the mighty gospel shield;Let the breastplate, peace, be on thee,Take the Spirit's sword in hand;Boldly, fearlessly, go forth then,In Jehovah's strength to stand.

Wicked spirits gather round thee,Legions of those foes to God—Principalities most mighty—Walk unseen the earth abroad;They are gathering to the battle,Strengthened for the last deep strife;Christian, arm! be watchful, ready,Struggle manfully for life.

And the prince of evil spirits,Great deceiver of the world!He who at the blessed JesusOnce his deadly weapons hurled,Cometh with unwonted power,Knowing that his reign will ceaseWhen the kingdom shall be givenTo the mighty Prince of peace.

Christian, rouse! fight in this warfare,Cease not till the victory's won;Till your Captain loud proclaimeth,"Servant of the Lord, well done!"He, alone, who thus is faithful,Who abideth to the end,Hath the promise, in the kingdomAn eternity to spend.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»; hymn number «847» (large), tune name «THE ALARM. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; small «s»; the «D.» in a smaller size), «UNKNOWN.» at the right in the composer slot (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one system per two verse lines: «1. We are liv - ing, we are dwelling, In a grand and aw - ful time;» / «In an age on a - ges tell - ing—To be liv - ing is sub-lime.» / «Hark! the wak - ing up of na - tions, Gog and Ma - gog to the fray;» / «Hark! what soundeth? Is cre - a - tion Groan - ing for her lat - ter day?» («dwelling,» and «soundeth?» are printed unbroken under their two notes; «sub-lime.» with a close hyphen). The reference line «844, 501.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 844 and 501). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, stanzas 4–5 in the right column, numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2, 4, 6, 8 are indented. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «;», «!» and «?» («field ;», «arm !», «Hark !», «done !», «day ?»); it is closed up here. «victory 's» is printed with a thin space before the apostrophe; written «victory's». In stanza 4 the «t» of «that» («Knowing that his reign») is broken in the print («tha+»). Quotation marks and apostrophes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.