CCCXXIV. Watching for Souls in the View of the great Account.

LET Zion's Watchmen all awake,
And take th' Alarm they give;
Now let them from the Mouth of GOD
Their solemn Charge receive.

'Tis not a Cause of small Import
The Pastor's Care demands;
But what might fill an Angel's Heart,
And fill'd a Saviour's Hands.

They watch for Souls, for which the Lord
Did heav'nly Bliss forego ;
For Souls, which must for ever live
In Raptures, or in Woe.

All to the great Tribunal haste,
Th' Account to render there;
And shouldst thou strictly mark our Faults,
LORD, how should we appear?

May they that Jesus, whom they preach,
Their own Redeemer see;
And watch thou daily o'er their Souls,
That they may watch for Thee.