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WAITING IN READINESS. |
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WAITING IN READINESS.
“Let your loins also be girded about, and your lights burning;
and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord.”
—Luke, xii. 35, 36.
Good is it thus to wait;
And joy shall be to them assign'd,
Whose hearts in such prepar'd estate,
Their Lord shall haply find.
And joy shall be to them assign'd,
Whose hearts in such prepar'd estate,
Their Lord shall haply find.
With lights that shine and burn,
Girded in spirit, void of fear,
These shall their Lord's approach discern,
Rejoicing He is near.
Girded in spirit, void of fear,
These shall their Lord's approach discern,
Rejoicing He is near.
Wisdom nor strength of ours
Can thus enable us to stand;
O Lord, thy grace alone empowers
To keep thy high command.
Can thus enable us to stand;
O Lord, thy grace alone empowers
To keep thy high command.
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Thy Spirit's aid must gird
Our loins for thy approach divine;
Our lamps with oil, by Thee conferr'd,
Alone can burn or shine.
Our loins for thy approach divine;
Our lamps with oil, by Thee conferr'd,
Alone can burn or shine.
Then grant thy heavenly aid,
That, when thy presence we must meet,
With rev'rent hearts, but undismay'd,
Thy coming we may greet.
That, when thy presence we must meet,
With rev'rent hearts, but undismay'd,
Thy coming we may greet.
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