Waiting for Christ

Lift your heads with faith, the morrow

No. 851
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune GOOD CHEER.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Lift your heads with faith, the morrowDawneth brighter than to-day,Angel hands will lift the shadows,Chase the gathering gloom away.

Chorus.

Lift your heads, the day is breaking,Soon the morning will appear;Signs proclaim the Lord is coming;Lift your heads; the day draws near.

Art thou lonely, sad, and weary,Watching through the silent night?Dry thy tears, the orient glistensLike a thread of silver light.

What though wars and earth's commotionsCause men's hearts to fail with fear?God, your Father, rules the nations,Christ will for his saints appear.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»; hymn number «851» (large), tune name «GOOD CHEER. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals; «D.» in small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear: in system 1, after «1.», two lines in braces, «{ Lift your heads with faith, the mor - row Dawneth bright - er than to-day, / An - gel hands will lift the shadows, (omit.) . . . . . . }», then, beside the closing brace, «Chase the gathering gloom a - way.» under the «2d.» ending — the first line is sung the first time (to the end of the «1st.» ending), the second on the repeat, which omits the 1st ending and ends with the words of the 2d ending. System 2 is headed «Chorus.» and is laid out the same way: «{ Lift your heads, the day is break-ing, Soon the morn - ing will ap - pear; / Signs pro-claim the Lord is com - ing; (omit.) . . . . . . }» and «Lift your heads; the day draws near.» under the «2d.» ending. «(omit.)» is in italics. «Dawneth», «shadows,» and «gathering» are printed whole under their two notes. Stanza 1 and the Chorus are set below in the order sung; the Chorus is printed once (sung after every stanza). Stanzas 2–3 (four lines each, sung on the verse in the same way) are printed as text, one in each column, numbered «2», «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here), with «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3; lines 2 and 4 are indented. No reference line is printed. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («ap - pear ;», «heads ;», «com - ing ;», «night ?», «fear ?»); it is closed up here. The curly apostrophes of «earth's», «men's» are written straight. Spelling («to-day», «Dawneth»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.