'Tis Almost Time for the Lord to Come

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

RefrainO 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!

2The signs foretold in the sun and moon,
In earth and sea and sky,
A loud proclaim to all mankind,
The coming of the Master draweth

3It 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

4Go 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