There Is no Tomorrow

There were sleeping virgins lying

Author: Eleanor W. Long
Tune: [There were sleeping virgins lying]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 There were sleeping virgins lying
Just outside the festal door;
And they murmured in their dreaming,
Time enough, full time, and more,
But the cry rang, "Lo, the Bridegroom
Cometh quickly to the feast-room!
Go to meet Him—Go!"

Refrain:
Awake! awake!
Turn from sin, turn from sorrow
Today! today!
For there is no tomorrow!
Your lamps are gone out,
And no oil can you borrow—
Prepare to meet thy God!

2 Then they rose and hastened forward,
From the thrall of dreams released;
Those with burning lamps to enter
With the Bridegroom to the feast;
But the others stood benighted,
With their empty lamps unlighted—
And the doorway shut. [Refrain]

3 Rouse ye from your sleep, O dreamers,
While the door stands open wide,
Fill your lamps, and trim them, light them—
You can have no light beside.
Then into the realms immortal
You shall enter thro’ the portal,
Ere the door is shut. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13166

Author: Eleanor W. Long

Early 20th Century Lyrics Lord Keep Watch ’Tween Me and Thee, The Records http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/n/long_ew.htm  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There were sleeping virgins lying
Title: There Is no Tomorrow
Author: Eleanor W. Long
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Awake, awake, turn from sin, turn from sorrow
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #13166
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