Away pale dreams, dim shadows fly;
Lo, Jesus lightens from on high.
2. Now let the sluggard soul arise,
That, sunk in guilt, and wounded lies;
All breath of ill dispelling far,
Bright beams the new-born Morning Star.
3. Behold the Lamb, sent down below
Freely to pay the debt we owe;
O, let us all with tears most due,
For that His dear-bought pardon sue.
4. That, when once more His light unfurl'à
With terror girds the trembling world,
He may not utmost vengeance take,
But shield us for His pity's sake.
5. To Him Who comes the world to free, To God the Son, all glory be;
To God the Father, as is meet,
To God the Blessed Paraclete. Amen.
"Behold He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him."-Rev. i 7.
4 LO! He comes with clouds descending,
Once on earth for sinners slain;
Saints in countless hosts attending,
Swell the triumph of His train.
Alleluia !
Jesus comes with power to reign.
2. Every eye shall now behold him
Robed in dreadful majesty ;
They who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierc'd and nail'd Him to the tree.
Deeply wailing,
All His foes their Judge shall see.
3. See the Saviour, long expected,
Now in solemn pomp appear!
All His saints, by man rejected,
Rise to meet Him in the air.
Alleluia!
Angels, martyrs, all are there!
4. Yea, Amen, let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne!
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Make Thy righteous judgment known!
Come, Lord Jesu,
Claim the Kingdom for Thine own! Amen.
"Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven."- S. Matt. xxiv. 30.
"That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness."-Zeph.
+5 DAY of wrath, that awful day,
Shall the banner'd Cross display,
Earth in ashes melt away!
2. O the shrinking, quiv'ring fear,
When the Judge is drawing near
To the reckoning stern and clear!
3. At th' unearthly trump's command,
Heard in graves of ev'ry land,
All before the Throne must stand.
4. Death and time shall stand aghast,
And creation, at the blast,
Rise to answer for the past.
* 5. Then the volume shall be spread, And the writing shall be read,
Which shall judge the quick and dead. 6. When the Judge is thron'd on high, Guilty secrets open lie,
Nought from vengeance then can fly.
7. What shall then the sinner plead?
Who for me will intercede,
When the righteous scarce is freed?
8. King of dreadful Majesty,
Author of salvation free,
Fount of pity, save Thou me.
9. Call to mind, O Saviour dear,
How I caused Thy sojourn here,
Lose me not when doom is near.
10. Thou wast faint in seeking me,
Thou didst buy me on the tree,
Shall such anguish fruitless be?
*11. Righteous Judge, before the day
When too late for grace to pray,
Cancel what I ne'er can pay.
12. O'er my crimes I guilty groan, Blush to think what I have done; Spare Thy suppliant, Holy One. 13. Her that sinn'd Thy love set free, Heark'ned to the robber's plea, Hope vouchsafing e'en to me.
*14. Nought of Thee my prayers can claim; Jesus is Thy loving name!
Save me from the deathless fame.
*The Stanzas marked thus may be omitted in Singing.
* 15. Let me with Thy sheep find grace
Sever'd from the guilty race,
On the right appoint my place.
* 16. When the lost, confounded, fly,
Doom'd to flames that never die,
Call me with the blest on high.
17. Suppliant, Lord, to Thee I bend,
From the dust my groans ascend,
Care for me at my last end.
18. Day that shall awake the dead,
Day of weeping, day of dread!
Man for judgment must prepare ;:
Spare, O God, in mercy spare.
19. Lord all-loving, Jesu blest,
Grant Thine everlasting rest!
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look ap, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."-S. Luke, xxi. 28.
6 THE Lord shall come, the earth shall quake, The mountains to their centre shake;
And, withering from the vault of night,
The stars withdraw their feeble light.
2. The Lord shall come; but not the same
As once in lowliness He came,
A silent Lamb before His foes,
A weary Man, and full of woes.
3. The Lord shall come with angel throng,
And trumpet sounding loud and long;
The ancient hills shall bow their head
And ocean's depths give up their dead.
4. Can this be He Who wont to stray
A pilgrim on the world's highway,
Oppress'd by power, and mock'd by pride,
The Nazarene, the Crucified?
5. While sinners in despair shall call,
"Rocks hide us, mountains on us fall,"
The saints, ascending from the tomb,
Shall joyful sing, "The Lord is come!"
6. To Him Who comes the world to free,
To God the Son, all glory be;
To God the Father, as is meet,
To God the Blessed Paraclete. Amen.
Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, which shail prepare Thy way before Thee."-S. Luke, vii. 27.
7 ON Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Announces that the Lord is nigh:
Awake, and hearken, for he brings
Glad tidings from the King of kings.
2. Now cleans'd be every Christian breast,
And furnish'd for so great a Guest!
Yea, let us each our heart prepare
For Christ to come and enter there.
3. For Thou art our Salvation, Lord,
Our Refuge, and our sure Reward;
Without Thy grace our souls must fade,
And wither like a flower decay'd.
4. Stretch forth Thine hand to heal our sore,
And make us rise to fall no more;
Once more upon Thy people shine,
And fill the world with love divine.
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