"Yes, I am coming quickly."

Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace;
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother, and in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, let all within us praise His holy name;
Christ is the Lord, O praise His name forever! His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim!
- trans. by J. S. Dwight, 1855


See! The eastern dawn is breaking; earthly night will soon be o'er.
There are signs now of His coming, He is almost at the door -
Not a humble Jewish infant to be spurned and thrust aside,
But the King, the Crown Prince glorious, to receive a glorious bride.
He is coming, surely coming; those who for His presence yearn,
Robed and ready to receive Him, thus shall hasten His return.
- F. H. Harriman, 1936