Advent

Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, pp. 8–9. Stanza 1 is printed under the upper staff of the music and stanza 2 under the second staff; stanzas 3–6 are printed as verse on p. 9, below the last system. No meter, author or composer is printed (the pattern is 8.7.8.7).

The music sets the third line of the stanza twice (bars 9–12 and 13–16), so stanzas 1 and 2 are printed under the staves with that line written out twice; stanzas 3–6 print it once. This is not the same hymn as «Don't you see my Jesus coming.» in Part I, p. 62: the words of the first line are close, the rest of the text and all the music are different.

1
Don't you see my Jesus coming,
Don't you see in yonder cloud?
With ten thousand angels round him,
With ten thousand angels round him,
See how they my Jesus crowd.

2
Don't you see the saints ascending,
Hear them shouting through the air?
Jesus smiling, trumpets sounding,
Jesus smiling, trumpets sounding
Now his glory they shall share.

3
Don't you see the heavens open,
And the saints in glory there?
Shouts of triumph bursting round you,
Glory, glory, glory here!

4
Come backsliders tho' you've pierc'd him,
And have caused his church to mourn;
You may yet regain free pardon,
If you will to him return.

5
Now behold each loving spirit
Shout the praise of his dear name,
View the smiles of their dear Jesus,
While his presence feeds the flame.

6
There we'll range the fields of pleasure,
By our dear Redeemer's side,
Shouting, glory, glory, glory !
While eternal ages glide.