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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
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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!
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How blind and dead the world appears!
How deep her slumbers are!
Still dreaming that the day she fears
Is distant and afar!
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Who spends his day in holy toil?
His talent used aright,
That he may haste, with heavenly spoil,
To meet his Lord that night?
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Are ye arousing from their sleep,
The saints who dare to rest,
And calling every one to keep
A watch more true and blest?
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Wake up, my heart and soul, anew,
Let sleep no moment claim;
But hourly watch, as if ye knew
This night the Master came.
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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!
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