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Text:Ye servants of the Lord
Author:Philip Doddridge, 1702-51
Tune:NARENZA
Adapter:W. H. Havergal, 1793-1870

18. Ye servants of the Lord

1 Ye servants of the Lord
Each for your Master wait,
Observant of his heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.

2 Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins, as in his sight,
For aweful is his name.

3 Watch! 'tis your Lord's command,
And while we speak, he's near;
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.

4 O happy servant he,
In such a posture found!
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honour crowned.

5 Christ shall the banquet spread
With his own royal hand,
And raise that faithful servant's head
Amidst the angelic band.

Text Information
First Line: Ye servants of the Lord
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-51
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Christian Year: Advent
Tune Information
Name: NARENZA
Adapter: W. H. Havergal, 1793-1870
Meter: SM
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Leisentritt's Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum, 1584



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