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Text:"Watch and pray"
Author:Thomas Hastings
Tune:EVANGELIST
Arranger:fr. Mendelssohn

418. "Watch and pray"

1 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray
Through life's momentous hour;
And grants the Spirit's quickening ray
To those who seek his power.

2 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray,
Maintain a warrior's strife;
O Christian! hear his voice to-day:
Obedience is thy life.

3 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray;
For soon the hour will come
That calls thee from the earth away
To thy eternal home.

4 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray,
Oh, hearken to his voice,
And follow where he leads the way,
To heaven's eternal joys!

Text Information
First Line: The Saviour bids thee watch and pray
Title: "Watch and pray"
Author: Thomas Hastings
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture: ;
Topic: Christians: Graces; Communion of Saints: At Lord's Table
Tune Information
Name: EVANGELIST
Arranger: fr. Mendelssohn
Meter: C. M.
Key: A Major



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