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Let us keep steadfast guard

Let us keep steadfast guard

Published in 10 hymnals


Representative Text

1 Let us keep steadfast guard
With lighted hearts all night,
That when Christ comes, we stand prepared,
And meet him with delight.

2 At midnight's season chill
Lay Paul and Silas bound,
Bound and in prison, sang they still,
And singing, freedom found.

3 Our prison is this earth,
And yet we sing to thee:
Break sin's strong fetters, lead us forth,
Set us, believing, free!

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #813

Text Information

First Line: Let us keep steadfast guard
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #580

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #580

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d614

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #1345

Song-Flowers #d66

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Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #291

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d462

The Book of Praise #d415

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #813

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