The Time Long Appointed Is Now Drawing Near

Lyrics

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Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841

Hymn 148
11's.
1. The time long appointed is now drawing near.
Jehovah's anointed will shortly appear,
When the great Messiah returning to earth,
Will cleanse it by fire, from evil, and death.

Chorus.
Oh then we'll rejoice, and exulting we'll sing,
And join in the triumph of Jesus our King;
He'll reign universal all over the earth
And cleanse it from evil, from sorrow, and death.

2. Messiah is coming! O hear the glad news,
And soon be returning ye scattered Jews,
From every nation when you hear his word,
Accept of salvation and come to the Lord.
Oh! then we'll rejoice, &c.

3. Behold your Messiah! no longer a Lamb,
To bleed and expire for poor guilty man,
But now Judah's Lion majestic appears,
To reign in Mount Zion a thousand blest years.
Oh! then we'll rejoice, &c.

4. Messiah is coming! let all the world hear,
The trumpet is sounding, he soon will appear,
Great Babylon falling no more to arise,
Shall give place to Zion, that comes from the skies.
Oh! then we'll rejoice, &c.

5. Messiah is coming! the saints shall arise
From the tomb, and behold him descend from the skies;
Their souls reunited, they then will appear,
All greatly delighted and meet in the air.
Oh! then we'll rejoice, &c.

6. Messiah is coming! we hail the glad day,
To see him returning we'll watch and we'll pray,
For that blessed morning when earth is restored,
That general burning, the power of God.

7. Oh! then we'll rejoice, and exulting we'll sing,
And join in the triumphs of Jesus our King,
Who reigns universal all over the earth,
Now cleansed from evil, from sorrow, and death.