The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph
And sadness flee away.
Dear Savior, haste
Come, come to earth
Dispel the night and show your face
And bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, divine Messiah!
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph
And sadness flee away.
O Christ, whom nations sigh for
Whom priest and prophet long foretold
Come break the captive fetters
Redeem the long-lost fold.
Dear Savior, haste
Come, come to earth
Dispel the night and show your face
And bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, divine Messiah!
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph
And sadness flee away.