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It May Be at Morn
Verse 1
It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking,
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory
To receive from the world His own.
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking,
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory
To receive from the world His own.
Refrain
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
Ere we shout the glad song?
Christ returneth,
Hallelujah! hallelujah! Amen,
Hallelujah! Amen.
Ere we shout the glad song?
Christ returneth,
Hallelujah! hallelujah! Amen,
Hallelujah! Amen.
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.
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
O joy! O 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,
When Jesus receives His own.
No sickness, no sadness, no dread, and no crying,
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,
When Jesus receives His own.
Holloway's hymn was written with specific focus on the imminent rapture and Christ's coming, prominent in early Adventist theology.