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many of us aren’t familiar with this hymn; it certainly isn't one in the popular Christmas songbook. I discovered it tucked away in an older hymnal while researching a theme for our family Christmas card. The antiphonal dialogue I heard in “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night” captivated me, and I couldn't resist trying to depict its clarion message of expectancy and the promise of fulfullment.
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Watchman, Tell Us of The Night
John Bowring, Hymns: As a Sequel to Matins, 1825
Watchman, tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are.
Traveler, o'er yon mountain's height,
See that glory beaming star.
Watchman, does its beauteous ray
Aught of joy or hope foretell?
Traveler, yes-it brings the day,
Promised day of Israel.
Watchman, tell us of the night;
Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveler, blessedness and light,
Peace and truth its course portends.
Watchman, will its beams alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?
Traveler, ages are its own;
See, it bursts o'er all the earth.
Watchman, tell us of the night,
For the morning seems to dawn.
Traveler, darkness takes its flight,
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wanderings cease;
Hie thee to thy quiet home.
Traveler, lo! the Prince of Peace,
Lo! the Son of God is come!
“One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?” —Isaiah 21:11–12
