Advent Tells Us Christ Is Near { Advent Tells Us Christ Is Near by Katherine Hankey, 1888 INNOCENTS-traditional melody in The Parish Choir, 1850 Advent Tells Us Christ Is Near } Advent Tells us Christ is near; Christmas tells us Christ is here. In Epiphany we trace All the glory of his grace. Then three Sundays will prepare For the time of fast and prayer, That, with hearts made penitent, We may keep a faithful Lent. Holy Week and Easter then Tell who died and rose again: O that happy Easter Day! "Christ is risen indeed," we say. Yes, and Christ ascended, too, To prepare a place for you; So we give him special praise After those great forty days. Then he sent the Holy Ghost On the day of Pentecost, With us ever to abide: Well may we keep Whitsuntide. Last of all, we humbly sing Glory to our God and King, Glory to the One in Three, On the Feast of Trinity. Amen.