SHALL HE FIND ME WATCHING?
"Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." Matt. 24:42. SHALL He come and find me watching
As the watchers wait for morn,
As the hour of midnight passes,
And the coming day is born?
Shall He come and find me waiting,
With my loins well girt about,
Staff in hand, the Lord to welcome,
Waiting without fear or doubt?
Shall He come and find me standing
From the worldling's joy apart,
Outside its mirth and folly,
With a true and loyal heart?
Shall He come and find me faithful
To his parting words to me:
"If I go, a place preparing,
I will come again for thee"?
Shall He come and find me working
In the vineyard, full of love;
Only watching till the glory
Breaks upon me from above?
Jesus, let me thus be waiting,
Full of hope, and love, and zeal;
Let thy coming to me ever
Be a hope divine and real. —Sel.