Left are the children of night.
“It is high time for us all to awake. God keep us awake and watching for our Lord, for His precious name’s sake. Amen.”
The murmured Amens rolled through the congregation like the deep surge of a sea billow on a shingle shore.
“Our time has gone, friends,” cried the major. “We will sing two verses only of the closing hymn 410, the first and last verse. Sing straight away.”
Tom Hammond, wondered at it all much as ever, listened while the song rang out:
“When Jesus comes to reward His servants,
Whether it be noon or night,
Faithful to Him will He find us watching?
With our lamps all trimmed and bright?
Chorus.