Look my brethren see the tokens

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Look my brethren see the tokens

Author: Sidney S. Brewer
Tune: [Ho, my comrades, see the signal] (Bliss)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Look, my brethren, see the tokens
O'er the earth abroad,
All that holy seers have spoken
In the word of God.

Chorus:
Hold the faith, the Lord is coming,
Joy, the kingdom's near;
Let your lamps be trimmed and burning,
Christ will soon appear.

2 Now the pent up wrath of nations
Girds the sword for war;
Men and demons high in station
Sound the blast afar. [Chorus]

3 See the mighty men are waking
For the gory strife;
Thrones and sceptres now are shaking,
Vengeance now is rife. [Chorus]

4 Swift the sands of time are running,
Day of doom draws near;
Soon with all his angels coming,
Throne and Judge appear. [Chorus]

5 Then redemption's wondrous story
Is forever told
In God's kingdom filled with glory,
On its streets of gold. [Chorus]

Source: The Golden Sheaf: a collection of choice hymns and songs especially designed for Sunday schools, loyal worker's meetings, prayer and social services (Enl. ed.) #202

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Author: Sidney S. Brewer

Rv Sidney Smith Brewer USA 1804-1889. Born in New Jersey, he became an Advent Christian Church minister. He was also a writer. He wrote a book about the second coming of Christ in the 1840s. He married Sarah Ann Conger, and they had two children, a daughter, Maria Elizabeth, and a son, Charles F. He died in New Bedford, MA. John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line:	Look my brethren see the tokens
Author:	Sidney S. Brewer
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Hold the faith the Lord is coming
Copyright:	Public Domain