Chorus:O Lord Jesus, how long ?How long ere we shout the glad song ?Christ returneth, Hallelujah!Hallelujah! Amen,
Verse 1:It may be at mom, when the day is awaki
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaki;
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glo
To receive from the world His own.
Verse 2:It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
When Jesus receives His own.
Verse 3:While hosts cry Hosanna! from heaven descending
With glorified saints and the angles attending,
With grace on His brow, like a halo of glory,
Will Jesus receive His own.
Verse 4:Oh, joy, oh, delight! should we go without dying;
No sickness, no sadness, no dread and no crying
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory
What Jesus receives His own.