When the cry shall be made at the midnight

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When the cry shall be made at the midnight

Author: M. B. C. Slade
Tune: [When the cry shall be made at the midnight]
Published in 7 hymnals

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1. When the cry shall be made at the midnight,
"Go ye out, for the Bridegroom is near!"
Will you rise with your lamps trimmed and burning?
Will you joyfully bid Him draw near?

Refrain:
We will watch, we will watch,
Till the Bridegroom shall come in His power;
Jesus saith we must watch,
For we know not the day nor the hour.

2. Till He comes now He bids us be ready;
Can you say to the Bridegroom I am?
Will you enter the door that is open,
To the dear marriage feast of the Lamb? [Refrain]

3. Oh, how sad if our oil is all wasted,
Tho' we hasten our lamps to renew;
If we find that the Bridegroom has entered,
Left without, then, oh, what shall we do? [Refrain]

Source: The Gospel Awakening: a collection of original and selected "hymns and spiritual songs" for the use in gospel meetings everywhere #42

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Author: M. B. C. Slade

Mary Bridges Canedy Slade, 1826-1882 Born: January 18, 1826, Fall River, Massachusetts. Died: April 15, 1882, Fall River, Massachusetts. Buried: Somerset, Massachusetts. A minister’s wife and teacher, Slade was assistant editor of The New England Journal of Education. Lyrics-- Beautiful Christmas Beyond This Land of Parting Footprints of Jesus Gathering Home Hark, the Gentle Voice Kingdom Is Coming, The Loved One, Farewell Once o’er Judea’s Hills by Night Over Jordan Tell It Again Ten Virgins, The There’s a Fountain Free Who at My Door Is Standing? --hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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