Our Lord, who now his right obtains,
For ever and for ever reigns.

L. 65. The dreadfulness of the Judgment-day, and the present the only time for preparing for it. C. M.

1 Wo to the men on earth who dwell,
W% Nor dread th' Almighty's frown,

When God shall all his wrath reveal,
And shower his judgments down.
2 Sinners, expect those heaviest showers:
To meet your God, prepare;

For, lo! the seventh angel pours

His vial on the air.

3 Lo! from their seats the mountains leap; The mountains are not found; Transported far into the deep,

And in the ocean drown'd.

4 Who then shall live and face the throne, And see the Judge severe?

When heaven and earth are fled and gone, O, where shall I appear? 5 Now, only now, against that hour We may a place provide; Beyond the grave, beyond the power Of hell, our spirits hide: 6 Firm in the all-destroying shock, May view the final scene; For, lo! the everlasting Rock Is cleft to take us in.

HYMN 813.

L. 69. The splendour of the Saviour's coming, and the different effects it will produce on the righteous and the wicked. P. M.

Lo!

O! He comes, with clouds descending, 1 Once for favour'd sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending,

1

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 All the 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 thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory;
Make thy righteous sentence known.
Jah! Jehovah!

Claim the kingdom for thine own.
HYMN 814.

L. 60. A view, by faith, of the final conflagration, and yet of the safety of believers. L. M.

THE great Archangel's trump shall sound,
While twice ten thousand thunders roar,
Tear up the graves, and cleave the ground,
And make the greedy sea restore.

2 The greedy sea shall yield her dead;
The earth no more her slain conceal;
Sinners shall lift their guilty head,
And shrink to see a yawning hell.
3 But we, who now our Lord confess,
And faithful to the end endure,
Shall stand in Jesus' righteousness,-
Stand, as the Rock of Ages, sure.

4 We, while the stars from heaven shall fall
And mountains are on mountains hurl'd,
Shall stand unmoved amidst them all,
And smile to see a burning world.
5 The earth and all the works therein
Dissolve, by raging flames destroy'd,
While we survey the awful scene,
And mount above the fiery void.
6 By faith we now transcend the skies,
And on that ruin'd world look down;
By love above all height we rise,
And share the everlasting throne.

HYMN 815.

L. 66. Altered. The righteous safe in Nature's dissolution.

1

C. M.

JESUS, to thy dear wounds we flee;
We shelter in thy side;

Assured that all who trust in thee

Shall evermore abide:

2 Then let the thund'ring trumpet sound; The latest light'nings glare;

The mountains melt; the solid ground
Dissolve as liquid air;—

3 The huge celestial bodies roll
Amidst the gen'ral fire;

And shrivel as a parchment scroll,
And all in smoke expire;-

4 Yet still the Lord, the Saviour reigns,
When Nature is destroy'd;
And no created thing remains
Throughout the flaming void.

5 Thy power omnipotent assume,—
Thy brightest majesty,—

And when thou dost in glory come,
My Lord, remember me.

HYMN 816.

L. 70. A prospective view of some solemn events connected with the coming of the Judge, and a wish to be prepared for it. P.M.

1

REAT God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created;

Behold the Judge of man appear,

On clouds of glory seated:

The trumpet sound; the graves restore The dead which they contain'd before:Prepare, my soul, to meet Him. 2 The dead in Christ shall first arise, At the last trumpet's sounding, Caught up to meet him in the skies, With joy their Lord surrounding: No gloomy fears their souls dismay; His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet Him. HYMN 817.

L. 58. A preparation to meet the Judge implored. S. M. THOU Judge of quick and dead,

1

Before whose bar severe,

With holy joy, or guilty dread,

We all shall soon appear,

2 Our caution'd souls prepare

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

3 To pray, and wait the hour,—
That awful hour unknown,-

When, rob'd in majesty and power,
Thou shalt from heaven come down;-

4 Th' immortal Son of man,

To judge the human race,

With all thy Father's dazzling train,—
With all thy glorious grace.

5 To damp our earthly joys,

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

"Ye dead, the Judge is come!
Arise and meet him in the sky,
And meet your instant doom!"
7 O may we all be found,
Obedient to thy word,

Attentive to the trumpet's sound,
And looking for our Lord.

SO may we all ensure

A lot among the blest,

And watch a moment to secure
An everlasting rest.

HEAVEN, OR THE SAINTS' ETERNAL HOME.
HYMN 818.

Some of the glories of heaven stated, and the Christian encouraged to exercise hope and faith that he will realize them. 4 lines 8's and 2-6's.

1

No

O human language can define
What beatific glories shine
Where Jesus reigns above;
By faith alone we can command
A view of yon celestial land,-
The land of endless love.

2 No ear hath heard the music sweet,
Where angel bands in concert meet,
Where hosts seraphic sing;

One bright, harmonious, holy choir,
In chorus touch'd with hallow'd fire,
To praise their heavenly King.
3 No eye hath seen the glories bright,
Encircling all the "sons of light,'
In yon celestial fold;