Jesus Comes
Watch, ye saints, with eyelids waking;
Watch, ye saints, with eyelids waking;Lo! the powers of heav'n are shaking;Keep your lamps all trimm'd and burning,Ready for your Lord's returning.
Lo! he comes, lo! Jesus comes;Lo! he comes, he comes all glorious!Jesus comes to reign victorious,Lo! he comes, yes, Jesus comes.
Lo! the promise of your Saviour,Pardoned sin and purchased favor,Blood-wash'd robes and crowns of glory;Haste to tell redemption's story.
Kingdoms at their base are crumbling,Hark! his chariot wheels are rumbling;Tell, O tell of grace abounding,Whilst the seventh trump is sounding.
Nations wane, tho' proud and stately;Christ his kingdom hasteneth greatly;Earth her latest pangs is summing:Shout, ye saints, your Lord is coming.
Sinners, come, while Christ is pleading;Now for you he's interceding;Haste, ere grace and time diminishedShall proclaim the mystery finished.