Tune: Merton
(\'Hark, a herald - or thrilling - voice is sounding\')
Matthew 24 v.36-44
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Are we ready, have we here heard
Of the Lord and in His word
Of His return, though no one know
When it shall be He shall show
God the Father He knows only
When return of Christ shall be
But shall be as in Noah\'s days
Mankind continue their ways
Eating, drinking, and marrying
Till flood disaster did bring
And took them all away, so shall
Christ\'s return be, time shall tell
One shall be taken, and one left
One saved, and one left bereft
Watch, therefore, for you know not when
The Lord\'s hour shall come then
If one knew when a thief would come
One would watch, protect their home
And so the thief would not ruin
The home, take nothing therein
So be ready as one who home
Guards, for Christ he shall come sure
At an hour that you think not
Preparedness be your lot