Let Zion�s watchmen all awake
And take th�alarm they give;
Now let them, from the mouth of God
Their awful charge receive.

�Tis not a cause of small import
The pastor�s care demands;
But what might fill an angel�s heart
And filled a Savior�s hands.

They watch for souls for which the Lord
Did heav�nly bliss forego;
Those that have tasted His rich grace,
And seek His will to know.

All to the great tribunal haste
Th�account to render there;
And shouldst Thou strictly mark our faults
Lord, where should we appear?

May that same Jesus, Whom they preach,
Their own Redeemer be;
And watch Thou daily o�er their souls,
That they may watch for Thee.