O Brother, Be Faithful

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! Soon Je­sus will come

For whom we have wait­ed so long;

O

soon we shall en­ter our glo­ri­ous home

And join in the con­quer­or’s song.

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! For why should we prove

Unfaithful to Him who hath shown

Such deep

such un­bound­ed and in­fi­nite love—

Who died to re­deem us His own.

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! The ci­ty of gold

Prepared for the good and the blest

Is wait­ing its por­tals of pearl to un­fold

And wel­come thee in­to thy rest.

Then

bro­ther

prove faith­ful! Not long shall we stay

In wea­ri­ness here

and for­lorn

Time’s dark night of sor­row is wear­ing away

We haste to the glo­ri­ous morn.

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! He soon will des­cend

Creation’s om­ni­po­tent king

While le­gions of an­gels His cha­ri­ot at­tend

And palm wreaths of vic­to­ry bring.

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! and soon shalt thou hear

Thy Sav­ior pro­nounce the glad word

Well done

faith­ful serv­ant; thy ti­tle is clear

To en­ter the joy of thy Lord.

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! Eter­ni­ty’s years

Shall tell for thy faith­ful­ness now

When bright smiles of glad­ness shall scat­ter thy tears

A co­ro­net gleam on thy brow.

O bro­ther

be faith­ful! The pro­mise is sure

That waits for the faith­ful and tried;

To reign with the ran­somed

im­mor­tal and pure

And ev­er with Je­sus ab­ide.