179. Behold The Bridegroom.

Are you ready for the Bridegroom,
When he comes, when he comes?
Are you ready for the Bridegroom,
When he comes, when he comes?
Behold, he cometh! Behold, he cometh!
Be robed and ready; for the Bridegroom comes.

* CHORUS
Behold the Bridegroom;
for he comes, for he comes!
Behold the Bridegroom;
for he comes, for he comes.
Behold he cometh! Behold he cometh!
Be robed and ready
for the Bridegroom comes. *

Have your lamps trimm’d and burning,
When he comes, when he comes;
Have your lamps trimm’d and burning,
When he comes, when he comes;
He quickly cometh! He quickly cometh!
O soul, be ready when the Bridegroom comes.

We will all go out to meet him,
When he comes, when he comes;
We will all go out to meet him,
When he comes, when he comes;
He surely cometh! He surely cometh!
We’ll go out to meet him when the Bridegroom comes.

We will chant alleluias,
When he comes, when he comes;
We will chant alleluias,
When he comes, when he comes;
Lo! Now he cometh! Lo! Now he cometh!
Sing alleluia for the Bridegroom