Will You Be Ready?

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Will your lamp be trimmed and burning

Author: W. C. Martin
Tune: [Will your lamp be trimmed and burning]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Will your lamp be trimmed and burning,
When the Bridegroom comes?
Or your plea will he be spurning,
When he comes?
When they cry, “Go forth to meet him,”
Will you be prepared to greet him?
Will your lamp be trimmed and burning,
When the Bridegroom comes?

Refrain:
When the Bridegroom comes will you be ready?
When the Bridegroom comes will you be ready?
When they cry, “Go forth to meet him,”
Will you be prepared to greet him?
Will your lamp be trimmed and burning,
When the Bridegroom comes?

2 Will your light be bright and steady,
When the Bridegroom comes?
Will your heart and soul be ready,
When he comes?
Will your lamp be brightly flaming,
Your devotion wide proclaiming?
Will your light be bright and steady,
When the Bridegroom comes? [Refrain]

3 Will you enter his pavilions,
When the Bridegroom comes?
Join adoring countless millions,
When he comes?
Ere the door is shut securely,
Will you enter with him surely?
Will you enter his pavilions,
When the Bridegroom comes? [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #51

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Author: W. C. Martin

Martin, Civilla Durfee (Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia, August 21, 1866--March 9, 1948, Atlanta, Georgia). Daughter of James N. and Irene (Harding) Holden. She married Rev. John F. Geddes, Congregational minister of Coventryvilee, N.Y. at Jordan Falls Methodist Church, Shelbourne Co., Nova Scotia, on May 19, 1891. There is thus far no information about their marriage and its end. After several years of teaching school, she married Walter Stillman Martin, a Baptist minister, and traveled with him in evangelistic work. However, because of frail health, she was compelled to remain home much of the time. In 1916, they became members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). They had one son, A.G. Martin. In her writing, she used only her initia… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Will your lamp be trimmed and burning
Title:	Will You Be Ready?
Author:	W. C. Martin
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	When the Bridegroom comes will you be ready?
Copyright:	Public Domain