Watch and pray that when the Mas­ter cometh,
If at morn­ing, noon or night,
He may find a lamp in ev­ery win­dow,
Trimmed and burn­ing clear and bright.

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Watch and pray, the Lord com­mand­eth;
Watch and pray, ’twill not be long:
Soon He’ll ga­ther home His loved ones,
To the hap­py vale of song.

Watch and pray; the tempt­er may be near us;
Keep the heart with jea­lous care,
Lest the door, a mo­ment left un­guard­ed,
Evil thoughts may en­ter there.

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Watch and pray, nor let us ev­er wea­ry;
Jesus watched and prayed alone:
Prayed for us when on­ly stars be­held Him,
While on Ol­ive’s brow they shone.

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Watch and pray, nor leave our post of du­ty,
Till we hear the Bride­groom’s voice:
Then, with Him the mar­riage feast par­tak­ing,
We shall ev­er­more re­joice.

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