Behold the Glorious Dawning Bright

Behold the glo­ri­ous dawn­ing bright

Of the mil­len­ni­al morn arise!

The pre­lude of the pro­mised light

Now glad­dens the ex­pect­ing skies.

And shall not those awake

who claim

Their hearts and hopes on high to place?

Who bear the Sav­ior’s sac­red name

While He dis­plays His bound­less grace!

Lo

Je­sus comes! His peo­ple know

The go­ings of their glo­ri­ous king—

He rends the heav’ns

the mount­ains flow

And His re­deemed His tri­umph sing.

How sweet His peace­ful reign shall be

His sway shall all the na­tions own

All tongues shall bless Him—ev­ery knee

Shall bow sub­miss­ive to His throne.