1  It may be at morn as the day we are greeting;

    It may be the time when the saints all are meeting;

    But one thing we know, for the Spirit bears witness,

       That Jesus will come very soon!

 2  The days hasten by — there's no time for delaying;

    So grasping each moment by watching and praying

    And in everything giving thanks and rejoicing,

       We'll welcome our Lord's return.

 3  An instant, a twinkling, and Jesus descending

    Will come for His saints in His glory transcending.

    He'll come as the Bridegroom — as such we'll behold Him —

       To take to Himself His Bride!

 4  What joy, what delight, when we finally meet Him!

    The One whom we love — O what rapture to greet Him!

    Our Lord and our life, our Beloved, our Bridegroom

       Will take to Himself His Bride!