That which you have hold fast till I come.
Revelation 2:25
Words: Sidney S. Brewer, in the supplement to The New Jubilee Harp (Boston, Massachusetts: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1888), page 36.
Music: Philip P. Bliss, 1870 (🔊 pdf nwc). Appeared in The Charm Chicago, Illinois: Root & Cady, 1871), page 21.
Look, my brethren, see the tokens
O’er all the earth abroad,
All that holy seers have spoken
In the Word of God.
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Hold the faith, the Lord is coming!
Joy, the kingdom’s near!
Let your lamps be trimmed and burning,
Christ will soon appear!
Swift the sands of time are running,
Day of doom draws near;
Soon with all His angels coming,
Throne and Judge appear.
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Long ’mid scoffs and jeers we’ve waited,
Mingling joy with tears:
For the truth despised and hated,
Soon the crown we’ll wear.
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Then redemption’s wondrous story
Is forever told,
In God’s kingdom filled with glory,
On its streets of gold.
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