1063    8.7.7.     T. Kelly
“But ye, brethren, are not in darkness.” 1 Thess. 5. 4

1 Nothing know we of the season
  When the world shall pass away;
  But we know, the saints have reason
  To expect a glorious day;
  When the Saviour will return,
  And his people cease to mourn.

2 O what sacred joys await them!
  They shall see the Saviour then;
  Those who now oppose and hate them,
  Never can oppose again.
  Brethren, let us think of this:
  All is ours if we are his.

3 Waiting for our Lord’s returning,
  Be it ours his word to keep;
  May our lamps be always burning,
  May we watch while others sleep.
  We’re no longer of the night;
  We are children of the light.

4 Being of the favoured number,
  Whom the Saviour calls his own,
  ’Tis not meet that we should slumber;
  Nothing should be left undone.
  This should be his people’s aim,
  Still to glorify his name.