Waiting for Christ

Yes, we trust the day is breaking

No. 860
Metre 8s & 7s. 6l.
Tune BAVARIA.
Words Thomas Kelly.
Music German.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

Yes, we trust the day is breaking;Joyful times are near at hand:God, the mighty God, is speakingBy his word in every land;When he comes his lost ones seeking,Darkness flees at his command.

Let us hail the joyful season,Let us hail the rising ray;When the Lord appears, there 's reasonTo expect a glorious day;At the brightness of his comingGloom and darkness flee away.

While the foe becomes more daring,While he enters like a flood,God the Saviour is preparingMeans to spread his light abroad;Every tongue and every languageSoon shall hear the truth of God.

O how pleasant, how revivingTo our hearts, to hear each dayJoyful news from far arriving,That the message wins its way;Those enlightening and enliveningWho in death and darkness lay!

God of Israel, high and glorious,Let thy people see thy hand;Let the message be victoriousThrough the world, in every land:Come, Lord Jesus, O come quickly,And thy blessing now command.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»; hymn number «860» (large), tune name «BAVARIA. 8s & 7s. 6l.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; «6l.» = six lines), «GERMAN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, with «1.» before «Yes»: under system 1 «Yes, we trust the day is break-ing; Joy - ful times are near at hand:» (verse lines 1–2) and, as a second line in italics headed «D. C.—», «When he comes his lost ones seek - ing, Darkness flees at his com-mand.» (verse lines 5–6, sung to system 1 after the «D. C.» at the end of system 2; the music ends at «Fine.»); under system 2 «God, the might - y God, is speak-ing By his word in ev - ery land;» (verse lines 3–4). Stanza 1 below is assembled in the order sung. The italic reference line «844, 772.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 844 or 772) stands under the music; stanzas 2–3 follow as text in the left column and stanzas 4–5 in the right column, numbered «2»–«5» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«5.» here, like stanza 1), with «Thomas Kelly.» in italics after stanza 5. Lines 2, 4 and 6 of each stanza are indented in the print. «there 's» (stanza 2, line 3) is printed with a space before the apostrophe and is kept so (as in hymns 83, 93 and 196). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («ray ;», «day ;», «abroad ;», «way ;», «hand ;», «land :», «hand :»); it is closed up here. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.