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Especially appropriate to the souls of departed Christians, the Church Expectant, who wait for the second Advent.

The faithful departed in the Church Expectant are in the hand of God, and nevermore can the torment of temptation touch them.

In a fragile tent Facing that church expectant, low he knelt On the damp ground.

In the symbolism of the church building it represents that part of the holy Catholic Church which is known as the "Church expectant"—those who have passed through death into the rest and waiting of Paradise.

The choir tells us of the worship and the "joy and felicity" of the "Church expectant."