Shall be caught up to the skies, All caught up to heav'n shall be; 3 Who can tell the happiness This glorious hope affords? 1 Joy anutter'd we possess In these reviving words: Hymn 322. C. M. The heavens being on fire shall be dissolved. 2 Peter iii. 12. B OY faith we find that place above, 2 Jesus to thy blest arms we flee: Assur'd that all who trust in thee 3 Then let the thund'ring trumpet sound, The mountains melt, the solid ground 4 The huge celestial bodies roll,. And shrivel as a parchment scroll, Hymn 323. P. M. Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke xii. 32. 1 "OW happy are the little Bock, HOW Who safe beneath their guardian Rock, When wars and tumult's waves run high, 2 Such happiness, O Lord, have we, Before the floods descend: And while the bursting cloud comes down, We mark the vengeful day begun, And calmly wait the end. 3 The plague, and death, and din of war, Earth's basis shook confirms our hope, To meet thee in the skies. 4 Thy tokens we with joy confess; The war proclaims the Prince of peace: The earthquake speaks thy power: The famine all thy fulness brings; 5 Whatever ills the world befall, A pledge of endless good we call; His chariot will not long delay: We hear the rambling wheels, and pray, 6 Appear with clouds on Zion's bill, Thy confessors t' approve: Thy members on thy throne to place, Hymn 324. C. M. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Heb. i. 12. 1 Ywhen nature is destroy'd, ET still the Lord, the Saviour reigns, And no created thing remains 2 Sublimé upon his azure throne, 3 So be it, let the system end; 4 Thy power omnipotent assume! And when thou dost in glory come, Hymn 325. L. M. The sinners in Zion are afraid. Isa. xxxiii. 14. THE Lord, the Judge, the Church he warns: Let fallen saints tremble and fear, Who place their hopes in rights and forms, But make not faith and love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name With lips of falsehood and deceit ; A friend or brother they defame, And soothe and flatter those they hate. 3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong; Yet dare to seek their Maker's face: They take his cov'nant on their tongue, But break his laws, abuse his grace. 4 To heaven they lift their hands unclean; Defil'd with lust, defil'd with blood; By night they practise every sin; By day their mouths draw nigh to God. · 5 And while his judgments long delay, They grow secure, and sin the more: They think he sleeps as well as they, And put far off the dreadful hour. 6. O dreadful hour! when God draws near, Hymn 326. S. M. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God. 1 Thess. iv. 16. 1 BEHOLD! with awful pomp, The Judge prepares to come! Th' archangel sounds the dreadful trump, 2 Nature in wild amaze, Her dissolution mourns; 3 The living look with dread; 4 Horrors all hearts appal, They quake, they shriek, they cry; 5 Ye wilful wanton fools, Let dangers make you wise! 6 'Tis time we all awake; The dreadful day draws near: |