It may be at morn,
When the day is awak­ing,
When sun­light through dar­kness
And sha­dow is break­ing
That Je­sus will come
In the full­ness of glo­ry
To re­ceive from the world His own.

Refrain

O Lord Je­sus, how long, how long
Ere we shout the glad song,
Christ re­turn­eth! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Amen.

It may be at mid­day,
It may be at twi­light,
It may be, per­chance,
That the black­ness of mid­night
Will burst in­to light
In the blaze of His glo­ry,
When Je­sus re­ceives His own.

Refrain

While its hosts cry Ho­san­na,
From Hea­ven des­cend­ing,
With glo­ri­fied saints
And the an­gels at­tend­ing,
With grace on His brow,
Like a ha­lo of glo­ry,
Will Je­sus rec­eive His own.

Refrain

Oh, joy! oh, de­light!
Should we go with­out dy­ing,
No sick­ness, no sad­ness,
So dread and no cry­ing.
Caught up through the clouds
With our Lord in­to glo­ry,
When Je­sus re­ceives His own.

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