Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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GETTING TO THE WATCH-TOWER. |
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GETTING TO THE WATCH-TOWER.
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and
will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer
when I am reproved.”
—Habakkuk, ii. 1.
Oh, were this waiting, watching frame
Yet more and more the Christian's aim;
Yet more and more his inward eye
The Saviour's kingdom should descry.
Yet more and more the Christian's aim;
Yet more and more his inward eye
The Saviour's kingdom should descry.
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Yet more and more his inward ear
Of holiest oracles should hear;
Yet more and more his heart should feel
What God will only there reveal.
Of holiest oracles should hear;
Yet more and more his heart should feel
What God will only there reveal.
'Tis not by running to and fro,
The language of the Lord we know;
On the lone watch-tower of the heart
His truth he will himself impart.
The language of the Lord we know;
On the lone watch-tower of the heart
His truth he will himself impart.
There must the Christian watch and pray,
Waiting to hear what God shall say;
There be instructed to reply
When he shall be reprov'd on high.
Waiting to hear what God shall say;
There be instructed to reply
When he shall be reprov'd on high.
But thou hast watch'd and waited there,
And found no answer unto prayer;
To thee the vision will not come,
To thee the Oracle is dumb.
And found no answer unto prayer;
To thee the vision will not come,
To thee the Oracle is dumb.
What said the Lord unto the seer,
Who thus resolv'd in holy fear?
The vision, for a time deferr'd,
Shall in the end be seen and heard.
Who thus resolv'd in holy fear?
The vision, for a time deferr'd,
Shall in the end be seen and heard.
Oh, let not, then, thy faith be weak,
For, in the end, its voice shall speak,
And in the Lord's appointed time
That voice shall teach thee truths sublime.
For, in the end, its voice shall speak,
And in the Lord's appointed time
That voice shall teach thee truths sublime.
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