Hymn Chords

212. Tis Almost Time for the Lord to Come

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’Tis almost time for the Lord to come, I hear the people say;

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The stars of heav-en  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!

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The night is almost gone, The day is coming on;

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O it must be the breaking of the day!


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
’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.

[Refrain]
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!

[Verse 2]
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.

[Verse 3]
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.

[Verse 4]
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.