The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

First line: The time is near, that happy time / The time is nigh, the happy time / The time is nigh, that happy time

Original language: English

Words: Mrs. Voke; Parley P. Pratt
Music: Joseph J. Daynes

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The time is nigh, the happy time
Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1912 ed.), 4

1. The time is night, the happy time,That great, expected, blessed day,When countless thousands of our raceShall dwell with Christ, and Him obey.
2. The prophecies must be fulfilled,Though earth and hell should dare oppose;The stone out of the mountain cut,Though unobserved, a kingdom grows.
3. The blended image soon shall fall—Brass, silver, iron, gold and clay;And superstition’s dreadful reignTo light and liberty give way.
4. In one sweet symphony of praise,The Jews and Gentiles will united;And infidelity, o’ercome,Return again to endless night.
5. From east to west, from north to south,The Savior’s kingdom shall extend,And every man in every placeShall meet a brother and a friend.

These charts show the use of this song in English hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If a song appears in multiple editions of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once. [undetermined] means that tune information has not yet been entered in.

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The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1940 ed.), 186

The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1936 ed.), 186

The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1928ca-b ed.), 186

The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1928ca-a ed.), 186

The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1928 ed.), 186

The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1927 ed.), 186

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1920 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1915 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1912 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1908 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1906 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1902 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1896 ed.), 70

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1889 ed.), 70

Unofficial or Local Publications

The Time is Nigh

Latter-Day Saints Congregational Hymns, Volume 1 (1919, 1919 ed.), 5

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, the happy time

Millennial Hymns of Parley P. Pratt (1913, 1913 ed.), 5a

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, the happy time

Millennial Hymns of Parley P. Pratt (1913, 1913 ed.), 5b

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The time is nigh, that happy time

Saints Hymnal (Bickerton) (1919, 1998 ed.), 495

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, that happy time

Latter Day Saints’ Hymns (Wandell) (1852, 1852 ed.), 41

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The time is near, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Strang) (1849, 1850 ed.), 26

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Rigdon) (1845, 1845 ed.), 3

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Adams) (1845, 1845 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Nauvoo Hymnal) (1841, 1841 ed.), 3

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Page/Cairns) (1841, 1841 ed.), 6

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, that happy time

Choice Hymns (Merkley) (1841, 1841 ed.), 13

The time is nigh, the happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1912 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, the happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1905 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1899 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1897 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1894 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, the happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1891 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1890 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1887 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1884 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1883 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1871-a ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1869 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1851 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1847-a ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1844 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1843 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1841 ed.), 4

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1840 ed.), 4

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Elsworth) (1839, 1839 ed.), 11

Unofficial or Local Publications

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Rogers) (1838, 1838 ed.), 11

The time is nigh, that happy time

Sacred Hymns (Kirtland Hymnal) (1835, 1835 ed.), 5

The time is nigh, that happy time

The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–1834), Jun 1832

The time is nigh that happy time

Evening and Morning Star (1835–1836), Jan 1835

The Time is Nigh, the Happy Time

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Appearances of this song over time in English

Tune: St. George (by Joseph J. Daynes) (Return to top) Tune 4919

Tune: Wareham (by William Knapp) (Return to top) Tune 6020

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