Watch…for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 24:42
Words & Music: Frank M. Davis, in The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems, edited by B. Lloyd (La Mesa, California: 1858) (🔊 pdf nwc).
O, to be robed and ready,
Ready when the Lord shall come;
O, to be waiting, watching,
Watching for the summons home.
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O, to be ready, O, to be waiting,
Waiting for the Lord to come;
O, to be waiting, watching,
Watching for the summons home.
O, to be robed and ready,
Ready for the call to go;
Washed in the crimson fountain,
Till ev’ry stain is white as snow.
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O, to be robed and ready,
Ready, for it may be near;
When in a cloud of glory
Blessèd Jesus shall appear.
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O, to be robed and ready,
Ready for eternal rest;
Ready to join the ransomed
In the city of the blest.
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