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WATCH AND PRAY!

Watch and pray, the storm clouds hover over,
Fierce billows gather near with threat’ning shock;
Watch and pray, no harm can e’er come nigh thee
If thou art safely anchored to the Rock.

Watch and pray, the powers of night and darkness
Determine to engulf thee in their sway;
But swift the answer cometh from our Tower,
“I still am with thee, loved one—watch and pray.”

Watch and pray, temptations round thee gather,
Cling to the Rock—its shelter hideth thee.
Tho’ thousands fall, thou’rt safe if thou art watching,
Safe, in its shelter, from the angry sea.

Watch and pray, trust fully, thou wilt never
Be swept away, then, by the seething foam.
A little while, the storms will all be over,
Then, child, a loving God will take thee Home.

—W. H. BUNDY.

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— July 15, 1913 —