Scripture Verse

That which you have hold fast till I come. Revelation 2:25

Introduction

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Sidney S. Brewer (1804–1889)

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.

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Philip Bliss (1838–1876)

Lyrics

Look, my breth­ren, see the to­kens
O’er all the earth abroad,
All that ho­ly seers have spok­en
In the Word of God.

Refrain

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.

Refrain

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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