Part II
Expectation
In expectation sweet,
- p. 35
- Key C major
- Singing key B♭ major
- Time 3/2
- 4 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenIn 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 tombsAnd 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 thoseWho love the ways of peace;No night of sorrow e'er shall close,Or shade their perfect bliss.
About this hymn
As printed 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.
- Source
- Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
- Where
- Part II · printed page 35
- Checked
- score verified · 2026-10-08
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