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THE MIDNIGHT CRY.
"And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."--Mark 13:37.
"Der Herr bricht ein, um Mitternacht."
Zinzendorf.
[Johann Christoph Rube]
transl., Sarah Findlater, 1858
| The Lord shall come in dead of night, When all is stillness round; How happy they whose lamps are bright, Who hail the trumpet's sound! | | How blind and dead the world appears! How deep her slumbers are! Still dreaming that the day she fears Is distant and afar! | | Who spends his day in holy toil? His talent used aright, That he may haste, with heavenly spoil, To meet his Lord that night? | | Are ye arousing from their sleep, The saints who dare to rest, And calling every one to keep A watch more true and blest? | | 158 Wake up, my heart and soul, anew, Let sleep no moment claim; But hourly watch, as if ye knew This night the Master came. | | The Lord shall come in dead of night, When all is stillness round; How happy they whose lamps are bright, Who hail the trumpet's sound! | |