Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Go watch and pray thou canst not tell
Topic: Times and Seasons
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Hastings
Meter: CHM
Tune: Watchword
Hymn Number: 816
Page Number: 310, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGo, watch and pray! thou canst not tell
How near thine hour may be;
Thou canst not know how soon the bell
May toll its notes for thee.
Death's countless snares beset thy way;
Frail child of dust, go watch and pray.
Fond youth, while free from blight-ing care,
Does thy firm pulse beat high?
Do hope's glad vis-ions, bright and fair,
Di-late be-fore thine eye?
Soon these must change, must pass away;
Frail child of dust, go watch and pray.
Thou aged man, life's wintry storm
Hath seared thy vernal bloom;
With trembling limbs, and wasting form,
Thou 'rt bending o'er the tomb;
And can vain hope lead thee astray?
Go, weary pilgrim, watch and pray.
Ambition, stop thy panting breath;
Pride, sink thy lifted eye!
Behold the caverns, dark with death,
Before you open lie!
The heavenly warning now obey;
Ye sons of pride, go watch and pray.