Expectation

Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, printed p. 35 (PDF 111). Three staves (Treble with the words,
Second Treble, Bass); C major, 3/2, two systems of four measures with a half-note pickup. The
hymnal prints no metre, but the stanzas are S. M. (6.6.8.6). Stanza 1 is printed between the
staves; stanzas 2–4 are printed as verse below the music.

In expectation sweet,
We'll wait, and sing, and pray,
Till Christ's triumphal car we meet,
And see an endless day.

He comes! the Conqueror comes!
Death falls beneath his sword;
The joyful prisoners burst the tombs
And rise to meet their Lord.

The trumpet sounds, "Awake!
Ye dead, to judgment come!"
The pillars of creation shake,
While man receives his doom.

Thrice happy morn for those
Who love the ways of peace;
No night of sorrow e'er shall close,
Or shade their perfect bliss.