CORRECT LYRICS
Lyrics : The Midnight Cry
When the midnight cry began
O, what lamentation
A thousand sleeping in their sins
Neglecting their salvation
Lo the Bridegroom is at hand
O, who will kindly treat him?
Surely all the waiting bands
Will all step forth to meet him
Some indeed did wait awhile
And shone without a rival
But they spent all their seeming oil
Long since the last revival
Many souls who thought they'd light
O, when the scene was closed
Now against the Bridegroom fight, and so they stand opposed
Foolish virgins, do you think
Our Bridegroom's a deceiver?
Then may you pass your lives away
And think to sleep forever!
But we by faith do see his face
In whom we have believed
If there's deception in the case
'Tis you that are deceived
O, what lamentation
A thousand sleeping in their sins
Neglecting their salvation
Lo the Bridegroom is at hand
O, who will kindly treat him?
Surely all the waiting bands
Will all step forth to meet him
Some indeed did wait awhile
And shone without a rival
But they spent all their seeming oil
Long since the last revival
Many souls who thought they'd light
O, when the scene was closed
Now against the Bridegroom fight, and so they stand opposed
Foolish virgins, do you think
Our Bridegroom's a deceiver?
Then may you pass your lives away
And think to sleep forever!
But we by faith do see his face
In whom we have believed
If there's deception in the case
'Tis you that are deceived
