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90 Look Out

Words: The Christian Pocket Companion, 1805

Music: B. F. White, 1844. Alto Anna Blackshear, 1902

Meter: 8s & 7s D.

My brethren all, on you I call,
Arise and look around you.
How many foes, bound to oppose,
Who’re waiting to confound you!
The gospel calls on Zion’s walls,
Shake off your sleep and slumber;
Arise and pray, we’ll win the day,
Though we are few in number.

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