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Waiting for Christ

Day of redemption! when shall we behold

  • No. 863
  • Metre 10s. P.
  • Tune Triumph
  • Words Anon.
  • 2 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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Day of redemption! when shall we beholdEarth overwhelmed with thy splendor untold?Dark is this desert, and weary our road;O for the day-spring that cometh from God!Deep are earth's shadows, its sorrows and gloom;Oft is its gladness laid low in the tomb:Joy and rejoicing like shadows depart,Grief and affliction abide in the heart.

2

Many the sorrows this sad earth has known;Hopes have been withered, and hearts have been torn;Tears have been gushing from fountains of grief;O for that morning which brings us relief!Ah, we have tasted of blessings to come;On we have hasted to gain them at home;There, in the light of eternity's morn,Glad shall the saints sing the conquerors' song.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «863» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 287, under the music of hymn 862, then in italics and brackets «[Tune, Triumph, No. 620.]» (sing to the tune TRIUMPH, hymn 620), then «10s.» in bold and «P.» in small capitals. Two numbered stanzas of eight lines fill the right column, «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, at the end. Stanzas numbered «1», «2» without periods (written «1.», «2.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); no line is indented except the turnovers. The first word «DAY» is set as a capital D and small capitals; written «Day». Verse lines broken by the column width are joined here: stanza 1 line 2 («un- / told ?» → «untold?»), stanza 1 line 5 («and / gloom ;»), stanza 2 line 2 («have / been torn ;»), stanza 2 line 3 («fountains / of grief ;»), stanza 2 line 8 («conquerors' / song.»). The print sets a thin space before «;», «:», «!» and «?» («untold ?», «road ;», «God !», «gloom ;», «tomb :», «known ;»); it is closed up here. Apostrophes are written straight («earth's», «eternity's», «conquerors'»). Spelling («splendor»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Waiting for Christ · No. 863 · printed page 287
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02