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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 19

Close of Time

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1TIME now is closing, Jesus will come;
Signs are fulfilling, earth's pillars groan:
Hark! Hear the trumpet, calls come home–
See earth reeling to her final doom.

2See slumbering millions rise from the earth;
Christ calls his people from south, from north,
Come home, my people, time is no more,
I've wash'd your robes white, your conflicts are o'er.

3Hastening to see Thee, my soul would rise
To meet my Saviour in yonder skies;
With all the ransom'd who've gone before,
There I shall hail Thee on that peaceful shore.

4O, there'll be glory, joy, peace and love,
Nothing to harm thee in heaven above;
O, let us be faithful, and we'll be blest,
When Jesus calls us to eternal rest.

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The verse

Meter
9.9.8.9
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

TIME now is closing, Jesus will come;//˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Signs are fulfilling, earth's pillars groan:/˘˘/˘//˘/9B
Hark! Hear the trumpet, calls come home–//˘/˘///8C
See earth reeling to her final doom.///˘˘˘/˘/9D

Verse 2

See slumbering millions rise from the earth;//˘˘/˘/˘˘/10A
Christ calls his people from south, from north,//˘/˘˘/˘/9B
Come home, my people, time is no more,//˘/˘/˘˘/9C
I've wash'd your robes white, your conflicts are o'er.//˘//˘˘/˘/10D

Verse 3

Hastening to see Thee, my soul would rise/˘˘˘//˘/˘/10A
To meet my Saviour in yonder skies;˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/10A
With all the ransom'd who've gone before,˘/˘/˘˘/˘/9B
There I shall hail Thee on that peaceful shore./˘˘//˘˘/˘/10B

Verse 4

O, there'll be glory, joy, peace and love,˘/˘˘/˘//˘/10A
Nothing to harm thee in heaven above;/˘˘//˘/˘˘/10A
O, let us be faithful, and we'll be blest,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/10B
When Jesus calls us to eternal rest.//˘/˘˘˘/˘/10B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.