Watchman, Tell Me

Watchman, tell me, does the morning

Author: Sidney S. Brewer
Tune: [I am dwelling on the mountain] (Dadmun)
Published in 79 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Watchman, tell me, does the morning
Of fair Zion's glory dawn?
Have the signs that marks His coming
Yet upon thy pathway shone?
Pilgrim, yes! arise, look round thee;
Light is breaking in the skies;
Gird thy bridal robes around thee,
Morning dawns, arise! arise!

2 Watchman, see, the light is beaming
Brighter still upon thy way,
Signs thro' all the earth are gleaming,
Omens of the coming day
When the Jubal trumpet, sounding,
Shall awake from land and sea
All the saints of God, now sleeping,
Clad in immortality.

3 Watchman, hail the light ascending
Of the grand Sabbatic year;
All with voices loud proclaiming
That the kingdom now is near:
Pilgrim, yes, I see just yonder,
Canaan's glorious hights arise;
Salem, too, appears in grandeur,
Tow'ring 'neath its sunlit skies.

4 Watchman, in the golden city,
Seated on his jasper throne,
Zion's King, arrayed in beauty,
Reigns in peace from zone to zone.
There on sunlit hills and mountains,
Golden beams serenely glow;
Purling streams and crystal fountains,
On whose banks sweet flow'rets blow.

5 Watchman, see, the land is nearing,
With its vernal fruits and flow'rs;
On, just yonder, O how cheering!
Bloom forever Eden's bow'rs.
Hark! the choral strains are ringing.
Wafted on the balmy air;
See the millions, hear them singing,
Soon the pilgrim will be there.



Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #734

Author: Sidney S. Brewer

Rv Sidney Smith Brewer USA 1804-1889. Born in New Jersey, he became an Advent Christian Church minister. He was also a writer. He wrote a book about the second coming of Christ in the 1840s. He married Sarah Ann Conger, and they had two children, a daughter, Maria Elizabeth, and a son, Charles F. He died in New Bedford, MA. John Perry  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Watchman, tell me, does the morning
Title: Watchman, Tell Me
Author: Sidney S. Brewer
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1857
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #7129
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Timeless Truths #48
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Instances

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #434

Bells of Heaven #d405

Bells of Heaven #d370

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #T37

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #263

Christ in Song #d614

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Christ in Song #734

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #129

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #79

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Free Methodist Hymnal #657

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Glad News #98

Golden Censer #d85

Gospel Hymns #d600

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Gospel Hymns No. 2 #81

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #95

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d133

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Gospel Praise Book. #143

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Great Joy! #181

Hallowed Songs #d363

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Hallowed Songs #47

Happy Voices No. 1 #d169

Heart and Life Songs #d140

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Hymns and Tunes #519

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1207

Hymns of Calvary, a Choice Collection of Old and New Century Hymns and Songs #d247

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a395

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Hymns of the Advent #193

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Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 #243

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Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern #102

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn #ad307

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn, with Music #d307

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Hymns of the Morning #193

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Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #134

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Jewels of Praise #184

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Pilgrim's Songs #106

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Poems and Hymns of Dawn #316

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Sacred Songs & Solos #187

Sacred Songs and Solos #187

Second Advent Hymn Book #d104

Songs for Young and Old #d168

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Songs of Pilgrimage #808

Spiritual Melodies #d328

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d386

Sunday School Hymn Book #d466

Sweet Hosannahs for the Sunday School #d60

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Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #t29

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d948

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d445

The Centennial Hymnal #d425

The Christian Harmony #d376

The Christians' Songster #d130

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The Church Hymnal #180

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1329

TextScore

The Cyber Hymnal #7129

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The Devotional Chimes #112a

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The Eclectic Sabbath School Hymn Book #116

The Eolian Harp #d122

The Good Old Songs #d599

The Good Old Songs #71

The Gospel Praise Book #d484

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The Gospel Trumpet #23

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The Jubilee Harp #395

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The Melodeon #1

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The Missionary Triumph #78

The New Christian Harp. 10th ed. #d253

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The New Golden Censer #123

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The New Jubilee Harp #405

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The New Jubilee Harp #405

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The New Song #102a

The Pilgrim's Harp #d263

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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #228

The Saints' Harp #d972

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #842

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The Voice of Praise #1014

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #657

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Timeless Truths #48

Truth and Hope No. 2 #d161

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Vestry Chimes #24a

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