The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#813

813. Let us keep steadfast guard

1 Let us keep steadfast guard
With lighted hearts all night,
That when Christ comes, we stand prepared,
And meet him with delight.

2 At midnight's season chill
Lay Paul and Silas bound,
Bound and in prison, sang they still,
And singing, freedom found.

3 Our prison is this earth,
And yet we sing to thee:
Break sin's strong fetters, lead us forth,
Set us, believing, free!

Text Information

• First Line: Let us keep steadfast guard
• Author: Breviary
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Waiting for Christ: Closing Work
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: EL KADER
• Composer: Unknown
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #11, 558, or 601.