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Christ in Song 579

WE KNOW NOT THE HOUR

Words: F. E. B.Music: F. E. Belden

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1"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." - Matt. 24:36.
We know not the hour when the Lord shall ap-pear, Yet oft-en the mo-ment seems draw-ing near;
They're look-ing for one who afar seek-ing all of us here, There's faith in the Book of Di-vine lov-ing grace;
We walk and we toil in the way he has trod, But we know not the hour when we'll walk with our God.

RefrainCHORUS:
We know not the hour, Let us watch and be ready; He will come, let us be pre-pared; He will come,
In an hour when we think not, that is what the Sav-iour said, we know not the hour; he will come.

2They say he shall re-turn—tis a prom-ise most clear they give,
But here they've been told, Yet still wait and still hope, ev-er-y day we will come near.

Words
F. E. B.
Scripture
Matt. 24:36

Copyright, 1900, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
26.22.25.25
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." - Matt. 24:36.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/26A
We know not the hour when the Lord shall ap-pear, Yet oft-en the mo-ment seems draw-ing near;˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘//˘/22B
They're look-ing for one who afar seek-ing all of us here, There's faith in the Book of Di-vine lov-ing grace;//˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘//˘/25C
We walk and we toil in the way he has trod, But we know not the hour when we'll walk with our God.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘/25D

Verse 2

They say he shall re-turn—tis a prom-ise most clear they give,˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘//˘/14A
But here they've been told, Yet still wait and still hope, ev-er-y day we will come near.˘//˘////˘///˘˘/˘˘//19B

Refrain

CHORUS:/˘2A
We know not the hour, Let us watch and be ready; He will come, let us be pre-pared; He will come,˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/24B
In an hour when we think not, that is what the Sav-iour said, we know not the hour; he will come.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/25B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.