Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand

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[Verse 1]

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Christmas is now drawing near at hand
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Come serve the Lord and be at his command
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And God a portion for you will provide
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And give a blessing to your soul beside

[Verse 2]

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Down in the garden where flowers grow in ranks
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Down on your bended knees and give the Lord thanks
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Down on your knees and pray both night and day
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Leave off your sins and live upright, I pray

[Verse 3]

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So proud and lofty is some sort of sin
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Which many take delight and pleasure in
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Whose conversation God doth not dislike
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And yet He shakes His sword before He strikes

[Verse 4]

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So proud and lofty do some people go
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Dressing themselves like players in the show
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They patch and paint and dress with idle stuff
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As if God had not made them fine enough

[Verse 5]

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Even little children learn to curse and swear
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And can't recite one word of godly prayer
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Who'll teach them better or teach them to rely
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On Christ the sinner's friend who reigns on high