Scripture Verse

…the brightness of His coming. 2 Thessalonians 2:8

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, 1894.

Music: James R. Mur­ray (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
James Murray (1841–1905)

Lyrics

Fast breaks the morn, all glo­ri­ous ap­pear­ing,
Illumes the sky with bright­en­ing gold­en light;
Faint flash­es glow, His com­ing ev­er near­ing,
Lo! on the sky the
Morn dis­pels the night.

Refrain

Soldiers of Christ! Sol­diers of light!
Watch for His com­ing across the gold­en height;
Soldiers of Christ! Sol­diers of light!
Watch for His com­ing across the gold­en height.

Soon shall the trum­pet’s gold­en, aw­ful sound­ing,
Wake sleep­ers all to meet the com­ing Host;
Hark! even now the hills are all re­sound­ing
With joy­ful sounds to
Those who love Him most.

Refrain

Then, faith­ful hearts, watch on, nor ev­er sleep­ing,
Soon shall He come to greet His wait­ing bride;
O faith­ful souls! your lov­ing watch­es keep­ing,
Lamps trimmed and burn­ing,
Watch what­e’er be­tide!

Refrain