Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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A CALL TO VIGILANCE. |
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A CALL TO VIGILANCE.
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”
—Romans, xiii. 12.
Saviour, and God! impress on all
This awful portion of thy word;
Bring home its solemn, fearful call,
To hearts that have too long demurr'd.
This awful portion of thy word;
Bring home its solemn, fearful call,
To hearts that have too long demurr'd.
If, in the fancied shades of night,
Our souls have trusted,—Oh, display
The dawning of that heavenly light,
Which ushers in thy cloudless day!
Our souls have trusted,—Oh, display
The dawning of that heavenly light,
Which ushers in thy cloudless day!
If deeds of darkness we have done,
While night yet hover'd round our path,
Teach us hereafter such to shun,
Dreading thy day of righteous wrath.
While night yet hover'd round our path,
Teach us hereafter such to shun,
Dreading thy day of righteous wrath.
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The night far spent, the day at hand,
Rouse us by thy life-giving breath;
That we before Thee yet may stand,
Nor sleep the awful sleep of death.
Rouse us by thy life-giving breath;
That we before Thee yet may stand,
Nor sleep the awful sleep of death.
Convince us, if we hope to be
Accepted, in thy holy sight;
Our spirits must be cloth'd by Thee,
In thy whole armoury of light.
Accepted, in thy holy sight;
Our spirits must be cloth'd by Thee,
In thy whole armoury of light.
Nor less the needful truth make known,
That none can be with this supplied,
Unless all armour of our own,
Trusted no more, be laid aside.
That none can be with this supplied,
Unless all armour of our own,
Trusted no more, be laid aside.
For none thy panoply can wear,
But those whom Thou hast first uncloth'd;
And none thy cloudless day can bear,
But those who sin's dark night have loath'd.
But those whom Thou hast first uncloth'd;
And none thy cloudless day can bear,
But those who sin's dark night have loath'd.
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