Second Advent

When thou shalt come with trumpet sound

No. 878
Metre L. M.
Words John M. Neale.
Singing key B♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to HEBRON (hymn 538)

Words

When thou shalt come with trumpet sound,With countless angels hovering round,O Saviour! grant me, in the air,With all thy saints, to meet thee there!

Weep, O my soul! ere that great dayWhen God shall shine in stern array;O weep thy sin, that thou mayest beIn that severest Judgment free!

O Christ! forgive, remit, protect,And set thy servant with the elect,That I may hear the voice that callsThe righteous to thy heavenly halls!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «878» (large) in the right column of p. 294, below hymn 877, with the reference line «538, 136, 347.» in italic figures on the same line (= sung to the tunes of hymns 538, 136 or 347). Three stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here), all lines at the same indent; «John M. Neale.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3 (the «J» in the italic swash form), just above the page number «294». The first word «WHEN» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «When» here). Stanza 1 line 1 is set with almost no word space («WHENthoushaltcomewithtrumpetsound,»); normal spaces here. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («Saviour !», «there !», «soul !», «array ;», «free !», «Christ !», «halls !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («Saviour», «mayest», «Judgment»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.