End Times

The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us

Words:
Johann Walther, 1552. Translated by Matthias Loy, 1880.
Music:
'Act Gott Vom Himmelreiche' or 'Ich will ein Neues Singen' or 'Praetorius 7' from Musae Sionae
Metre:
7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6
  1. 1The Bridegroom soon will call us,Come, all ye wedding guests!May not His voice appall us,While slumber binds our breasts;May all our lamps be burning,And oil be found in store,That we, with Him returning,May open find the door.
  2. 2There shall we see delightedOur dear Redeemer's face,Who leads our souls benightedTo glory by His grace;The patriarchs shall meet us,The prophets' holy band,Apostles, martyrs, greet usIn that celestial land.
  3. 3They will not blush to own usAs brothers, sisters dear,Love ever will be shown usWhen we with them appear;We all shall come before Him,Who for us Man became,As Lord and God adore Him,And ever bless His Name.
  4. 4Our Father, rich in blessing,Will give us crowns of goldAnd, to His bosom pressing,Impart a bliss untold,Will welcome with embracesOf never ending love,And deck us with His gracesIn blissful realms above.
  5. 5In yonder home shall neverBe silent music's voice;With hearts and lips foreverWe shall in God rejoice;The angels shall adore Him,All saints shall sing His praise,And bring with joy before HimTheir sweetest heav'nly lays.
  6. 6In mansions fair and spacious Will God the feast prepare,And ever kind and gracious, Bid us its riches share;There bliss that knows no measure From springs of love shall flow,And never changing pleasure His bounty will bestow.
  7. 7Thus God shall from all evil Forever make us free,From sin, and from the devil, From all adversity,From sickness, pain, and sadness, From troubles, cares, and fears,And grant us heavenly gladness And wipe away our tears.

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  • Written in 1555, the words are in 21 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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