Alleluia! Alleluia!
[Advent Hymn. I.]
This is the Lord; we have waited for Him: we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.
Isaiah, xxv. 9.
Wake! the welcome Day appeareth,
How with joy our hearts it cheereth!
Wake! the Lord’s great Year behold!
That which holy men of old,
Those who throng the Sacred Pages,
Waited for through countless ages;
Alleluia! Alleluia!