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<h2>WATCHMAN, TELL US OF THE NIGHT</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“Watchman, what is left of the night?” Isaiah 21:11</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_o_bowring_j.jpg" alt="John Bowring (1792-1872)" width="98" height="131.333333333333"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_o_bowring_j.html" target="_blank">John Bowring</a>, <em>Hymns: As a Sequel to Matins</em>, 1825.
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Watchman,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_a_mason_l.html" target="_blank">Lowell Mason</a>, <em>The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music</em>, 10th edition, 1831 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_w_a_watchman.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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<li>“Aberystwyth,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_p_a_parry_j.html" target="_blank">Joseph Parry</a>, 1879 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_a_aberystw.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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<li>“St. George’s Windsor,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_e_l_elvey_gj.html" target="_blank">George Job Elvey</a>, 1858 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_stgeorgw.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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<td align="center" width="181"><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_m_a_mason_l.jpg" alt="Lowell Mason (1792-1872)" width="120.666666666667" height="163.333333333333"><br>
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<span class="cou">Courtesy of Yale Divinity Library</span></td>
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<p class="just">This hymn evokes a vivid childhood memory. Two men with deep, sonorous voices sang this song at the Christmas Eve midnight service each year for as long as I can remember. The church was dark, the watchman’s solitary lantern giving the only light in a hushed sanctuary. The watchman stood at the altar, and the traveler slowly made his way down the aisle, as the two sang the question-reply verses to each other. It was hard to miss the symbolism of the lonely traveler making
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his way to the One Who sheds light on a dark world.</p>
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<p>Watchman, tell us of the night, what its signs of promise are.<br>
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Traveler, over yon mountain’s height, see that glory beaming star.<br>
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Watchman, does its beauteous ray aught of joy or hope foretell?<br>
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Traveler, yes—it brings the day, promised day of Israel.</p>
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<p>Watchman, tell us of the night; higher yet that star ascends.<br>
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Traveler, blessedness and light, peace and truth its course portends.<br>
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Watchman, will its beams alone gild the spot that gave them birth?<br>
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Traveler, ages are its own; see, it bursts over all the earth.</p>
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<p>Watchman, tell us of the night, for the morning seems to dawn.<br>
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Traveler, darkness takes its flight, doubt and terror are withdrawn.<br>
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Watchman, let thy wanderings cease; hie thee to thy quiet home.<br>
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Traveler, lo! the Prince of Peace, lo! the Son of God is come!</p>
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