Supplement

“STAR OF OUR HOPE.”

BY N. BILLINGS.

Star of our hope! He'll soon appear,

p. 22
Music N. Billings
Key G major
Singing key D major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

Star of our hope! He'll soon appear,The last loud trumpet speaks him near ;Hail him all saints, from pole to pole,—How welcome to the faithful soul !

From heaven angelic voices sound,Behold the Lord of glory crowned,Arrayed in majesty divine,And in his highest glories shine.

The grave yields up its precious trust,Which long has slumber'd in the dust;Resplendent forms ascending fair,To meet the Saviour in the air.

Descending with his azure throne,He claims the Kingdom for his own;The saints rejoice, they shout, they sing,And hail him their triumphant King.

O joyful day, when he appearsWith all his saints, to end their fears;Our Lord will then his right obtain,And in his kingdom ever reign.

About this hymn

As printed BY N. BILLINGS. — Millennial Harp (1843), Supplement («SUPPLEMENT TO THE HARP.»), printed pp. 22–23 (PDF 314–315). Precisione. Four staves (three treble staves and a bass), G major, 3/4. The tune is the third staff; the one line of words is printed between the second and the third staff. Stanza 1 is printed under the music; stanzas 2–5 are printed as verse on p. 23. Long metre (8.8.8.8), not printed.