Scripture Verse

The Master is come, and calleth for thee. John 11:28

Introduction

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George Hugg (1848–1907)

Words: Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar, Hymns of Faith and Hope, Third Ser­ies (Lon­don: James Nis­bet, 1866), pag­es 153–54, alt.

Music: Tá­chi­ra George C. Hugg, Sun­light in Sac­red Song (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: George C. Hugg, 1892), num­ber 106 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)

Lyrics

The Master is come, and calleth!
He speaketh in grace to thee;
Dost thou not hear Him calling,
Arise, and follow Me.

Refrain

Arise, and fol­low Me quick­ly,
Thus giv­eth He loud com­mand;
Arise, and as­cend in bright­­ness
Into that glor­ious land.

He comes for the great re­ward­ing
Of work we have for Him done:
He crown­eth His faith­ful servants
With bright, ev­er­last­ing crown.

Refrain

The Bride­groom is come, and call­eth!
He comes, He will wait no more;
He comes for the mar­riage sup­per,
The mar­riage joy in store.

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Quit now at last the cham­ber
Of long and loath­some gloom,
For splen­dor in My pa­vil­ion—
The mar­riage day is come.

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The Judge is come, and call­eth
Before Him the sons of men;
Long, long has His voice been sound­ing,
It sounds for the last again.

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Its ec­hoes across the ag­es
Have been sounding judg­ment long;
Like noise of ma­ny waters,
As voice of arch­an­gel throng.

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’Tis time for the great en­thron­ing,
The day of wrath and doom;
The day of pow­er and ter­ror,
And sons of men are dumb.

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