THE BREAKING OF THE DAY

1.Tis almost time for the Lord to come,
    I hear the people say;
   The Jews return to promised land,
    It must be the breaking of the day.

                   CHORUS

                    O, 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!

2.The signs foretold in the sun and moon,
   In earth and sea and sky,
   A sword unsheathed on all mankind,
  The coming of the Master is draweth nigh.

3.The time has come to the waiting Church
   To cast her pride away,
   With girded loins and burning lamps,
   To look for the breaking of the day.

4.When evil men wax worse and worse,
   Shall there be faith on earth?
   Immodest folk, and scoffers bold.
   They ask for the judgments on the earth.

5.Go quickly out in the streets and lanes
   And in the broad high way,
   And call the maim’d, the halt and blind
  To be ready for the breaking of the day.