16966. The Savior Comes, His Advent's Nigh

1. The Sav­ior comes, His ad­vent’s nigh;
He soon will rend the az­ure sky,
Descending swift to earth again,
When God shall dwell in­deed with men.

2. O hap­py day, when wars shall cease,
And ran­somed earth be filled with peace
When sin and death no more shall reign,
And Ed­en bloom on earth again!

3. Saints, lift your heads; that day is near,
When your Re­deem­er shall ap­pear,
To take the king­dom and the crown.
And make His ran­somed bride His own.

4. Shall not His peo­ple sing for joy?
Shall not the church their songs em­ploy?
Sing, ye who will; sing while ye may,
And shout for joy th’ap­proach­ing day.

Text Information
First Line: The Sav­ior comes, His ad­vent’s nigh
Title: The Savior Comes, His Advent's Nigh
Author: Anonymous
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: In The Ad­vent Harp, ed­it­ed by Josh­ua V. Himes (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chus­etts: J. V. Himes, 1849), num­ber 210
Tune Information
Name: WARRINGTON
Composer: Ralph Harrison (1784)
Meter: LM
Key: B♭ Major



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