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<h2>THE BRIDEGROOM SOON WILL CALL US</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“Behold, the bridegroom cometh.” Matthew 25:6</h3></p>
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<p><em>Words:</em> Johann Walther, 1582 (<em>Der Bräutgam wir bald rufen</em>); translated from German to English by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_l_o_loy_m.html" target="_blank">Matthias Loy</a>, 1880.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Freut Euch, Ihr Lieben,” Leonhart Schröter, 1587 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_f_r_freuteuc.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>The Bridegroom soon will call us,<br>
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Come, all ye wedding guests!<br>
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May not His voice appall us,<br>
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While slumber binds our breasts;<br>
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May all our lamps be burning,<br>
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And oil be found in store,<br>
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That we, with Him returning,<br>
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May open find the door.</p>
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<p>There shall we see delighted<br>
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Our dear Redeemer’s face,<br>
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Who leads our souls benighted<br>
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To glory by His grace;<br>
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The patriarchs shall meet us,<br>
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The prophets’ holy band,<br>
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Apostles, martyrs, greet us<br>
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In that celestial land.</p>
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<p>They will not blush to own us<br>
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As brothers, sisters dear,<br>
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Love ever will be shown us<br>
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When we with them appear;<br>
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We all shall come before Him,<br>
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Who for us Man became,<br>
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As Lord and God adore Him,<br>
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And ever bless His Name.</p>
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<p>In yonder home shall never<br>
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Be silent music’s voice;<br>
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With hearts and lips forever<br>
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We shall in God rejoice;<br>
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The angels shall adore Him,<br>
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All saints shall sing His praise,<br>
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And bring with joy before Him<br>
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Their sweetest heav’nly lays.</p>
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<p>In mansions fair and spacious<br>
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Will God the feast prepare,<br>
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And ever kind and gracious,<br>
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Bid us its riches share;<br>
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There bliss that knows no measure<br>
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From springs of love shall flow,<br>
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And never changing pleasure<br>
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His bounty will bestow.</p>
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