263. The Night Is Now Far Spent
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by T. Kelly
The night is now far spent,
Soon will the morning break
In radiance through the sky:
Oh let the thought our spirits cheer,
The Lord Himself will soon appear!
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” (Romans 13:12)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16)
Though men our hope deride,
Nor will the truth believe,
And it will ne’er deceive:
Soon all that grieves shall pass away,
And saints shall see a glorious day.
“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” (2 Peter 3:3-4)
The place where sorrow ends,
And naught is known but joy:
With such a hope let us rejoice,
We soon shall hear the Savior’s voice.
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