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599- Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers

Christian Life: Watchfulness

1

  • Rejoice, rejoice, believers,
  • And let your lights appear:
  • The evening is advancing,
  • And darker night is near.
  • The Bridegroom is arising
  • And soon He draweth nigh:
  • Up, pray and watch and wrestle,
  • At midnight comes the cry.

2

  • The watchers on the mountain
  • Proclaim the Bridegroom near.
  • Go, meet Him as He cometh,
  • With hallelujahs clear.
  • The marriage feast is waiting,
  • The gates wide open stand;
  • Up, up, you heirs of glory,
  • The Bridegroom is at hand.

3

  • You saints who here in patience
  • Your cross and suff'rings bore,
  • Shall live and reign forever,
  • When sorrow is no more.
  • Upon the throne of glory
  • The Lamb you shall behold,
  • In triumph cast before Him
  • Your diadems of gold.

4

  • Our hope and expectation,
  • O Jesus, now appear;
  • Arise, O sun so longed for,
  • O'er this benighted sphere!
  • With hearts and hands uplifted,
  • We plead, O Lord, to see
  • The day of earth's redemption
  • That brings us unto Thee.