645    7s     W. Gadsby
“Watch and pray.” Matt. 26. 41; Mark 14. 38

1 Dangerous is the path we go,
  In this wilderness below,
  Savage beasts, of every kind,
  Aiming to distress the mind.

2 Scarce an hour but pilgrims see
  They from danger are not free;
  In some unexpected way,
  Something fills them with dismay.

3 Thus beset, they daily feel
  They have neither strength nor skill
  Rightly to oppose the foe,
  Or to guard against the woe.

4 How, then, can they persevere?
  Must they of the prize despair?
  No; ’tis theirs to watch and pray,
  For the Lord will guard the way.

5 Christ the Master, Lord of all,
  Bids his children watch and call;
  May it be our blessed case,
  Both to watch and seek his face.

6 When we watch, then may we pray,
  And in prayer watch every day;
  And with pleasure ever prove
  All our strength is from above.

7 [Thus supported, we shall be
  More than conquerors, Lord, through thee;
  And when every danger’s past,
  Live and reign with thee at last.]