Read the times with keen dis­cern­ing,
Oh, ye ser­vants of the Lord;
See the signs of Christ’s re­turn­ing,
As is pro­mised in His word.

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If He should come to­night,
If He should come to­night,
Would He find us watch­ing, wait­ing,
With our lamps all trimmed and bright?
If He should come to­night,
If He should come to­night,
Would He find us watch­ing, wait­ing,
If the Lord should come to­night?

Note the earth al­rea­dy quak­ing,
’Neath our king’s on­com­ing tread;
Soon His voice, the si­lence break­ing,
Shall awake the sleep­ing dead.

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Suddenly and with­out warn­ing,
He shall in the clouds ap­pear,
And the great mil­len­nial morn­ing
Of His pow’r is al­most here.

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He His chos­en bride shall ga­ther,
When He comes to earth again;
To the bo­som of the Fa­ther,
Evermore with Him to reign.

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