Scripture Verse

Watch…for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Matthew 24:42

Introduction

Words: B. W. Pir­tle, in Our Hymns of Love (Forth Worth, Tex­as: Quar­tet Mu­sic, 1909).

Music: Ann Ar­bor Frank­lin L. Ei­land, 1909 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Pir­tle’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Ei­land,

portrait
Franklin L. Eiland (1860–1909)

Lyrics

O ’tis sweet to sing this sto­ry,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes;
It to tell is all my glo­ry,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes.

Refrain

I’ll be rea­dy when He comes,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes;
O ’tis sweet to sing this sto­ry,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes.

All I am to Him I’m giv­ing,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes;
Day by day for Him I’m liv­ing,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes.

Refrain

Striving on, His will ob­ey­ing,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes;
Working, watch­ing, ev­er pray­ing,
I’ll be rea­dy when He comes.

Refrain

Sinners there in dark­ness stray­ing,
O be rea­dy when He comes;
Do not far­ther risk de­lay­ing,
But be rea­dy when He comes.

Refrain