Let ev­ery lamp be burn­ing bright,
The dark­est hour is near­ing;
The dark­est hour of earth’s long night,
Before the Lord’s ap­pear­ing.

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Then trim your lamps, my breth­ren dear,
Then trim your lamps with god­ly fear;
The Mas­ter’s com­ing draw­eth near,
Let ev­ery lamp be burn­ing.

Though thou­sands calm­ly slum­ber on,
The last great mes­sage spurn­ing,
We’ll rest our liv­ing faith up­on
His pro­mise of re­turn­ing.

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His Word our lamp, His truth our guide,
We can­not be mis­tak­en;
Though dan­gers rise on ev­ery side,
We shall not be for­sak­en.

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Then let good works with faith ap­pear,
To help the world around us;
Obedience brings the bless­ing near
When faith has firm­ly bound us.

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