Part II

Midnight Cry

Ye virgin souls, arise!

p. 54
Key G major
Singing key D major
Time 2/2
7 stanzas

Words

Ye virgin souls, arise!With all the dead awake;Unto salvation wise,Oil in your vessels take;Upstarting at the midnight cry,Behold your heav'nly bridegroom nigh,Behold your heav'nly bridegroom nigh.

He comes, he comes, to callThe nations to his bar,And take to glory allWho meet for glory are ;Make ready for your free reward ;Go forth with joy to meet your Lord.Go forth with joy to meet your Lord.

Go, meet him in the sky,Your everlasting Friend ;Your head to glorify,With all his saints ascend ;Ye pure in heart, obtain the graceTo see, without a veil, his face.To see, without a veil, his face.

Ye that have here receivedThe unction from above,And in his spirit lived,And thirsted for his love,Jesus shall claim you for his bride ;Rejoice with all the sanctified.Rejoice with all the sanctified.

Rejoice in glorious hopeOf that great day unknown,When you shall be caught upTo stand before his throne ;Called to partake the marriage feast,And lean on our Immanuel's breast ;And lean on our Immanuel's breast ;

The everlasting doorsShall soon the saints receive,Above with angel powersIn glorious joy to live ;Far from a world of grief and sin,With God eternally shut in.With God eternally shut in.

Then let us wait to hearThe trumpet's welcome sound ;To see our Lord appear,May we be watching found,Enrobed in righteousness divine,In which the bride shall ever shine.In which the bride shall ever shine.

About this hymn

As printed Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, printed pp. 54–55 (PDF 130–131). Three staves (Treble, Second Treble — **the melody, and the staff the words are printed over** —, and Bass); G major, 2/2. Three systems on p. 54 and the last one at the top of p. 55, followed by stanzas 2–7 in verse. The hymnal prints no metre; the stanzas are 6.6.6.6.8.8 (H. M.), and the music repeats the last line of each stanza.