Scripture Verse

Be…ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. Matthew 24:44

Introduction

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T. Alcliffe Teske

Words: T. Al­cliffe Teske, 1885. Ap­peared in On Joy­ful Wing, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1886), num­ber 90.

Music: A. M. Wort­man (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Are you rea­dy for His com­ing, friend?
He is com­ing by and by;
For He said He would not tar­ry long
In His Fa­ther’s house on high.

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Are you rea­dy, should He come for you?
Ready now with Him on high to go?
Are you watch­ing, are you pray­ing still?
Are your gar­ments white as snow?

Are you rea­dy for His com­ing, friend?
Are your gar­ments clean and white?
Will you glad­ly greet the Bride­groom now?
He may come for you to­night.

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He will come in all His glo­ry bright,
As up­on the mount He stood;
Can you sing the glad ho­san­na loud,
I am washed in Je­sus’ blood?

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Oh, the day draws near­er, near­er still,
When the saints He will re­deem;
Now the light of morn is break­ing fast,
We can see its gold­en beam.

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Yes, we’re rea­dy for His com­ing now,
And we watch, and wait and pray
For the day to dawn in glo­ry bright,
And the night to roll away.

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We are rea­dy should He come for us,
Ready now in peace to go!
We are watch­ing, and we’re wait­ing still,
With our robes as white as snow.

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