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Thus evermore the saints’ avenging God
With His dread fires hath scathed th’ unholy ground;
Nor wants there, waiting round th’ uplifted rod,
Watchers in Heaven and earth, ay faithful found.
God’s armies open-eyed His aim attend,
Wondering how oft these warning notes will peal,
Ere the great trump be blown, the Judge descend:
Man only wears cold look and heart of steel.
Age after age, where Antichrist hath reigned,
Some flame-tipt arrow of th’ Almighty falls;
Imperial cities lie in heaps profaned,
Fire blazes round apostate council-halls.
And if the world sin on, yet here and there
Some proud soul cowers, some scorner learns to pray;
Some slumberer rouses at the beacon glare,
And trims his waning lamps, and waits for day.
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marker 99
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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10 10 10 10
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Dates:
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1827
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Bible Refs:
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Mt 25:7;
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MUSIC
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Name:
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ELLERS
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Meter:
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10 10 10 10
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1869
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 597 | No key | | # 50 | No key | | # 702 | Ab | | # 280 | Ab | | # 27 | Ab | | # 376 | Ab | | # 291 | Ab | | # 691 | Ab | | # 442 | Ab | | # 31 | Ab | | # 81 | D | | # 604 | G | | # 439 | G |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 10 10 10 10 | | 10 10 10 10 | | 10 10 10 10 |
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