3 "I take these little lambs," said he,
"And lay them in my breast;
Protection they shall find in me,
In me be ever bless'd.

4 "Death may the bands of life unloose,
But can't dissolve my love:

Millions of infant souls compose

The family above.

5

Their feeble frames my power shall raise,
And mould with heavenly skill;

I'll give them tongues to sing my praise,
And hands to do my will."

6 His words the happy parents hear,
And shout with joys divine;
O Saviour, all we have and are
Shall be for ever thine!

572

DESCRIBING JUDGMENT.

Sutton-p. 119.]

S. M.

THOU Judge of quick and dead,

Before whose bar severe,

With holy joy, or guilty dread,
We all shall soon appear;
Our caution'd souls prepare

For that tremendous day,
And fill us now with watchful care,
And stir us up to pray:

2 To pray, and wait the hour,

That awful hour unknown,

When, robed in majesty and power,

Thou shalt from heaven come down,

Th' immortal Son of man,
To judge the human race,
With all thy Father's dazzling train,
With all thy glorious grace.

3 To damp our earthly joys,

T' increase our gracious fears,
For ever let th' archangel's voice
Be sounding in our ears
The solemn midnight cry,

"Ye dead, the Judge is come!
Arise, and meet him in the sky,
And meet your instant doom!"
4 O may we thus be found
Obedient to thy word,
Attentive to the trumpet's sound,
And looking for our Lord!
O may we all insure

A lot among the bless'd;
And watch a moment to secure
An everlasting rest!

573 Zion-p. 241.] - 8th P. M. 87,87,47.

Lonce for navour'd sinners slain!

O! He comes, with clouds descending,

Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of his train!
Hallelujah!

God appears on earth to reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold him
Robed in dreadful majesty;

Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced and nail'd him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.

3 The dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears;

Cause of endless exultation
To his ransom'd worshippers;
With what rapture

Gaze we on those glorious scars!
4 Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
High on thy eternal throne!
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own!
Jah Jehovah !

Everlasting God! come down!

574 Stonefield-p. 99.]

L. M.

E comes! He comes! the Judge severe,

H The seventh trumpet speaks him near;

His lightnings flash, his thunders roll;
How welcome to the faithful soul!

2 From heaven angelic voices sound;
See the almighty Jesus crown'd!
Girt with omnipotence and grace,
And glory decks the Saviour's face.
3 Descending on his azure throne,
He claims the kingdoms for his own;
The kingdoms all obey his word,
And hail him their triumphant Lord!
4 Shout, all the people of the sky,
And all the saints of the Most High;
Our Lord, who now his right obtains,.
For ever and for ever reigns.

575 Emma-p. 202.] 4th P. M. 886, 886. HOU God of glorious majesty,

The thee, against myself, to thee,

A worm of earth, I cry!
A half-awaken'd child of man,
An heir of endless bliss or pain,
A sinner born to die!

? Lo! on a narrow neck of land,
Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,
Secure, insensible:

A point of time, a moment's space,
Removes me to that heavenly place,
Or shuts me up in hell.

3 O God, mine inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress!

Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And tremble on the brink of fate,
And wake to righteousness!

4 Before me place in dread array
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come
To judge the nations at thy bar;
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there,
To meet a joyful doom?

5 Be this my one great business here,
With serious industry and fear
Eternal bliss t' ensure;

Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.

6 Then, Saviour, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale to live
And reign with thee above:.
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight,
And everlasting love.

576 St. Asaphs-p.282.] 12th P.M.76,76,78,76.

STAND th2 omnipotent decree:

Jehovah's will be done!

Nature's end we wait to see,

Let this earth dissolve, and blend
In death the wicked and the just;
Let those pond'rous orbs descend,
And grind us into dust.

2 Rests secure the righteous man!
At his Redeemer's beck,

Sure t' emerge and rise again,

And mount above the wreck : Lo the heavenly spirit towers, Like flames o'er nature's funeral pyre, Triumphs in immortal powers, And claps his wings of fire! 3 Nothing hath the just to lose, By worlds on worlds destroy'd; Far beneath his feet he views, With smiles, the flaming void; Sees this universe renew'd,

The grand millennial reign begun ;
Shouts with all the sons of God,
Around th' eternal throne!

4 Resting in this glorious hope,
To be at last restored,
Yield we now our bodies up`

To earthquake, plague, or sword:
List'ning for the call divine,

The latest trumpet of the seven, Soon our soul and dust shall join, And both fly up to heaven.

577

Malden-p. 66.]

C. M.

AND must I be to judgment brought,
And answer, in that day,

For every vain and idle thought,,
And every word I say?

2 Yes, every secret of my heart

Shall shortly be made known,