’Tis almost time for
the Lord to come,
I hear the people
say;
The stars of heaven
are growing dim,
It must be the
breaking of the day.
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O
it must be the
breaking of the day!
O it must be the
breaking of the day!
The night is almost
gone,
The day is coming
on;
O it must be the
breaking of the day!
The signs
foretold in the sun
and moon,
In earth and sea and
sky,
Aloud proclaim to
all mankind,
The coming of the
Master draweth nigh.
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It must be time
for the waiting
church
To cast her pride
away,
With girded loins
and burning lamps,
To look for the
breaking of the day.
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Go quickly out in
the streets and
lanes
And in the broad
highway,
And call the maimed,
the halt, and blind,
To be ready for the
breaking of the day.
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