Pray, brethren, pray!
By Matthew Parkinson
- Key
- A minor
- Type
- Folk hymn + refrain
- Time signature
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4
4 - Composed
- 2019
- Text
- Horatius Bonar,
Text
Pray, brethren, pray!
The sands are falling;
Pray, brethren, pray!
God's voice is calling.
Yon turret strikes the dying chime;
We kneel upon the verge of time.
Eternity is drawing nigh!
Eternity is drawing nigh!
Watch, brethren, watch!
The years are dying;
Watch, brethren, watch!
Old time is flying.
Watch as men watch the parting breath;
Watch as men watch for life or death.
Eternity is drawing nigh!
Eternity is drawing nigh!
Look, brethren, look!
The day is breaking;
Hark, brethren, hark!
The dead are waking.
With girded loins all ready stand,
Behold, the Bridegroom is at hand.
Eternity is drawing nigh!
Eternity is drawing nigh!