Laudes Domini ‎#187

187. "Your lamps trimmed"

1 Rejoice, rejoice, believers!
And let your lights appear;
The shades of eve are thickening,
And darker night is near;
The Bridegroom is advancing;
Each hour he draws more nigh;
Up! watch and pray, nor slumber;
At midnight comes the cry.

2 See that your lamps are burning,
Your vessels filled with oil;
Wait calmly your deliverance
From earthly pain and toil;
The watchers on the mountains
Proclaim the Bridegroom near;
Go, meet him, as he cometh,
With hallelujahs clear.

3 Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear!
Arise thou sun so looked-for,
O'er this benighted sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
The day of our redemption,
And ever be with thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, believers!
• Title: "Your lamps trimmed"
• Translator: Jane Borthwick
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Coming Again; Millennium; Watchfulness
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: CHENIES
• Composer: T. R. Matthews
• Meter: 7s, 6s, D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Public Domain.