Author: Clara M. Brooks Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.8.6.10 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7 First Line: There's a way that is free from sin Refrain First Line: Watch and pray, watch and pray Lyrics: 1 There’s a way that is free from sin,
Few there be that shall enter in;
Lest we stray from the narrow way,
Help us ever to watch and pray.
Refrain:
Watch and pray, watch and pray,
Or the tempter will lead astray;
Watch and pray, watch and pray,
You shall overcome if you watch and pray.
2 Watch and pray every day and hour,
Satan seeks whom he may devour;
You shall conquer, resist the wrong,
Standing fast in the Lord be strong. [Refrain]
3 Watch and pray lest the care and toil
Of this life should your purpose foil;
Lest you miss the eternal prize,
For the faithful in paradise. [Refrain]
4 Watch and pray—soon the Lord shall come
For His chosen, to take them home;
Those who walk in His righteousness
Shall abide in supernal bliss. [Refrain] Topics: Watchfulness Used With Tune: [There's a way that is free from sin] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Watch_unto_Prayer); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (255); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (181)
Watch unto Prayer