O bro­ther, be faith­ful! Soon Je­sus will come,
For whom we have wait­ed so long;
O, soon we shall en­ter our glo­ri­ous home,
And join in the con­quer­or’s song.
O bro­ther, be faith­ful! For why should we prove
Unfaithful to Him who hath shown
Such deep, such un­bound­ed and in­fi­nite love—
Who died to re­deem us His own.

O bro­ther, be faith­ful! The ci­ty of gold,
Prepared for the good and the blest,
Is wait­ing its por­tals of pearl to un­fold,
And wel­come thee in­to thy rest.
Then, bro­ther, prove faith­ful! Not long shall we stay
In wea­ri­ness here, and for­lorn,
Time’s dark night of sor­row is wear­ing away,
We haste to the glo­ri­ous morn.

O bro­ther, be faith­ful! He soon will des­cend,
Creation’s om­ni­po­tent king,
While le­gions of an­gels His cha­ri­ot at­tend,
And palm wreaths of vic­to­ry bring.
O bro­ther, be faith­ful! and soon shalt thou hear
Thy Sav­ior pro­nounce the glad word,
Well done, faith­ful ser­vant; thy ti­tle is clear
To en­ter the joy of thy Lord.

O bro­ther, be faith­ful! Eter­ni­ty’s years
Shall tell for thy faith­ful­ness now,
When bright smiles of glad­ness shall scat­ter thy tears,
A co­ro­net gleam on thy brow.
O bro­ther, be faith­ful! The pro­mise is sure,
That waits for the faith­ful and tried;
To reign with the ran­somed, im­mor­tal and pure,
And ev­er with Je­sus abide.