1
\nSweet promise is given to all who believe–
\n“Behold I come quickly, Mine own to receive;
\nHold fast till I come; the danger is great;
\nSleep not as do others; be watchful, and wait.”<\/p>\n
Refrain
\n“Hold fast till I come,” sweet promise of heaven–
\n“The kingdom restored, to you shall be given.”
\n“Come, enter My joy, sit down on the throne;
\nBright crowns are in waiting; hold fast till I come.”<\/p>\n
2
\nWe’ll “watch unto prayer” with lamps burning bright;
\nHe comes to all others a “thief in the night.”
\nWe know He is near, but know not the day–
\nAs spring shows that summer is not far away.<\/p>\n
3
\nYes! this is our hope, ’tis built on His word–
\nThe glorious appearing of Jesus, our Lord;
\nOf promises all, it stands as the sum:
\n“Behold I come quickly; hold fast till I come.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Sweet promise is given to all who believe– “Behold I come quickly, Mine own to receive; Hold fast till I come; the danger is great; Sleep not as do others; be watchful, and wait.” Refrain “Hold fast till I come,” sweet promise of heaven– “The kingdom restored, to you shall be given.” “Come, enter My joy, sit down on the throne; Bright crowns are in waiting; hold fast till I come.” 2 We’ll “watch unto prayer” with lamps burning bright; He comes to all others a “thief in the night.” We know He is near, but know not the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,41,216,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-501-600","category-christian-life","category-f-e-belden","category-watchfulness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6884,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/6884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}