The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#260

260. Lord, her watch Thy Church is keeping

1 Lord, her watch Thy Church is keeping:
When shall earth Thy rule obey?
When shall end the night of weeping?
When shall break the promised day?
See the whitening harvest languish,
Waiting still the laborers' toil;
Was it vain, Thy Son's deep anguish?
Shall the Strong retain the spoil?

2 Tidings, sent to every creature,
Millions yet have never heard:
Can they hear without a preacher?
Lord almighty, give the word!
Give the word! in every nation
Let the gospel trumpet sound,
Witnessing a world's salvation,
To the earth's remotest bound.

3 Then the end! Thy Church completed,
All Thy chosen gathered in,
With their King in glory seated,
Satan bound, and banished sin;
Gone for ever parting, weeping,
Hunger, sorrow, death, and pain;
Lo! her watch Thy Church is keeping;
Come, Lord Jesus, come to reign!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, her watch Thy Church is keeping
• Title: Lord, her watch Thy Church is keeping
• Author: Rev. H. Downton (1867)
• Meter: 8.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: Intercession for the Church
• Notes: Tune name in index: ST. HILDA

Tune Information

• Name: [Lord, her watch Thy Church is keeping]
• Composer: Sir Joseph Barnby
• Meter: 8.7.D.
• Key: E Major