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Second Advent

The Saviour is coming, O children of light!

  • No. 909
  • Metre 11s.
  • Tune Rest in Heaven
  • Words W. H. Littlejohn.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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The Saviour is coming, O children of light!With hosts of the angels, the angels of might.Adown the bright azure, with banners of flame,He 'll come soon in triumph his loved ones to claim.

2

The trumpet long sounding, with notes loud and shrill,The dead will awaken in valley and hill.The touch of the Master we all soon shall feel;He 'll make us immortal, while glad anthems peal.

3

Away toward the city,—the city of gold,—We 'll mount with the Master, in numbers untold.He 'll deck every forehead with coronet bright,He 'll robe each believer in garments of white.

4

Through heaven's high portals we 'll enter at last,With shouts of rejoicing, our sorrows all past.Along the bright river,—the river of life,—We 'll wander together, our souls free from strife.

5

With harps and with voices we 'll join in the songOf Moses, the faithful, and Jesus, the strong,Then shout, O ye children, ye children of light,The Saviour is coming: he 's almost in sight!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «909» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 305, under hymn 908 («Henry H. Milman.»), then in italics and brackets «[Tune, Rest in Heaven, No. 512.]» (sing to the tune REST IN HEAVEN, hymn 512), then «11s.» in bold at the right. Stanza 1 at the foot of the left column; stanzas 2–5 in the right column of the same page (beside the stanzas of 908), «W. H. Littlejohn.» in italics at the right after stanza 5. Stanzas numbered «1»–«5» without a full stop (written «1.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book). Every verse line is broken in two by the column width (the turn-overs are indented in the print) and is joined here, one verse line per line, including «an-|thems» (stanza 2) and «num-|bers» (stanza 3). The first word «THE» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «The». The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «:» («light !», «feel ;», «coming :», «sight !»); it is closed up here. The contractions are printed with a space before the apostrophe («He 'll», «We 'll», «we 'll», «he 's») and are kept so, as in the other deliveries of this book; the curly apostrophes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. The copy carries pen underlines in stanza 2 (not printed; see uncertainties.md).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Second Advent · No. 909 · printed page 305
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02