_Continental Watchmen and their Songs_ (Vol. iv., p. 206.).--
THE MANNER OF WATCHMEN INTIMATING THE
TIME AT HERRNHUTH, GERMANY.
Past eight o'clock! O Herrnhuth, do thou ponder:
Eight souls in Noah's ark were living yonder.
'Tis nine o'clock: ye brethren, hear it striking;
Keep hearts and houses clean, to our Saviour's liking.
Now brethren, hear, the clock is ten and passing:
None rest but such as wait for Christ embracing.
Eleven is past! still at this hour of eleven,
The Lord is calling us from earth to heaven.
Ye, brethren, hear, the midnight clock is humming:
At midnight our great Bridegroom will be coming.
Past one o'clock! the day breaks out of darkness;
Great morning star appear, and break our hardness!
'Tis two! on Jesus wait this silent season,
Ye two so near related, Will and Reason.
The clock is three! the blessed Three doth merit
The best of praise, from body, soul, and spirit.
'Tis four o'clock, when three make supplication
The Lord will be the fourth on that occasion.
Five is the clock! five virgins were discarded,
When five with wedding garments were rewarded.
The clock is six, and I go off my station;
Now, brethren, _watch yourselves for your salvation_.