Lord, Her Watch Thy Church Is Keeping

Lord

her watch Thy Church is keep­ing:

When shall earth Thy rule ob­ey?

When shall end the night of weep­ing?

When shall break the pro­mised day?

See the whit­en­ing har­vest lang­uish

Waiting still the la­bor­ers’ toil;

Was it vain

Thy Son’s deep ang­uish?

Shall the strong re­tain the spoil?

Tidings

sent to ev­ery crea­ture

Millions yet have nev­er heard:

Can they hear without a preach­er?

Lord al­migh­ty

give the word!

Give the word! in ev­ery na­tion

Let the Gos­pel trum­pet sound

Witnessing a world’s sal­va­tion

To the earth’s re­mot­est bound.

Then the end! Thy Church com­plet­ed

All Thy chos­en ga­thered in

With their King in glo­ry seat­ed

Satan bound

and ban­ished sin

Gone for ev­er part­ing

weep­ing

Hunger

sor­row

death

and pain;

Lo! her watch Thy Church is keep­ing;

Come

Lord Je­sus

come to reign!