Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Ye servants of the Lord
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 228
Page Number: 218, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsYe servants of the lord,
Each in his office wait,
Observant of his heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.
Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins, as in his sight,
For awful is his name.
Watch 'tis your Lord's command;
And while we speak he's near;
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.
O happy servant he
In such a posture found!
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And he with honor crown'd.
Christ shall the banquet spread
With his own bounteous hand,
And raise that faithful servant's head
Amidst th' angelic band.