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Close of Time

The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

3 words changed

Verse 1

TIME now is closing, Jesus will come;
Signs are fulfilling, earth's pillars groan:
Hark! Hear the trumpet, calls come home–
See earth reeling to her final doom.

Verse 1

TIME now is closing, Jesus will come;
Signs are fulfilling, earth's pillars groan:
Hark! Hear the trumpet, calls come home–
See earth reeling to her final doom.

Verse 2

See slumbering millions rise from the earth;
Christ calls his people from south, from north,
Come home, my people, time is no more,
I've wash'd your robes white, your conflicts are o'er.

Verse 2

See slumbering millions rise from the earth;
Christ calls his people from south, from north,
Come home, my people, time is no more,
I've wash'd your robes white, your conflicts are o'er.

Verse 3

Hastening to see Thee, my soul would rise
To meet my Saviour in yonder skies;
With all the ransom'd who've gone before,
There I shall hail Thee on that peaceful shore.

Verse 3

Hastening to see Thee, my soul would rise
To meet my Saviour in yonder skies;
With all the ransom'd who've gone before,
There I shall hail Thee on that peaceful shore.

Verse 4

0, there'll be glory, joy, peace and love,
Nothing to harm thee in heaven above;
0, let us be faithful, and we'll be blest,
When Jesus leads us to eternal rest.

Verse 4

O, there'll be glory, joy, peace and love,
Nothing to harm thee in heaven above;
O, let us be faithful, and we'll be blest,
When Jesus calls us to eternal rest.

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