1. Awake, ye saints, awake and watch,
The Bridegroom may be near;
How awful, should His coming catch
His people slumb’ring here!
2. They who are ready to attend
The Lord when He appears,
With Him to glory shall ascend;
Eternal life is theirs.
3. ith Him they shall sit down, and feast
On heav’n’s unbounded store;
Enjoy an everlasting rest,
And never hunger more.
4. When once the chamber door shall close,
’Tis sure beyond a doubt,
No further hope remains for those
Who then are found without.
5. Awake, and be ye like to those
Who wait their Lord’s return;
Awake, nor yield to that repose,
Whose end it is to mourn,