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4. JESUS, faithful to His Word, ̈
Shall with a Shout descend,

All Heaven's Hoft their Glorious LORD-
Shall pompously attend:

Chrift fhall come with dreadful Noise,
Lightnings fwift, and Thunders loud,
With the great Archangel's Voice,
And with the Trump of GoD.

5. Firft the Dead in Christ shall rise,
Then We who yet remain
Shall be caught up to the Skies,
And fee our LORD. again
We fhall meet Him in the Air,
All rapt up to Heaven fhall be,
See, and love, and praise Him. there,
To all Eternity..

6. Who can tell the Happiness
This Glorious Hope affords,
Joy unutter'd we poffefs

In these reviving Words;
Happy while on Earth we breathe,
Mightier Blifs ordain'd to know,
Trampling upon Sin and Death
To the Third Heaven we go.

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1-B Pay We, gracious Gop, to Thee,

LESSING, Honour, Thanks, and Praise,

Thou in Thine, abundant Grace
Giveft us the Victory:
True and faithful to Thy Word
Thou haft glorified Thy Son,
JESUS CHRIST our dying LORD
He for Us the Fight hath won.

2. Lo! the Prifoner is releast,
Lighten'd of his Fleshly Load,
Where the Weary are at Reft
He is gather'd into GOD!
Lo! the Pain of Life is paft,
All his Warfare now is o're,
Death, and Hell behind are caft,
Grief and Suffering are no more.

3. Yes, the Chriftian's Courfe is run,
Ended is the Glorious Strife,
Fought the Fight, the Work is done,
Death is fwallow'd up of Life;
Born by Angels on their Wings
Far from Earth the Spirit flies,
Finds his GOD, and fits and finge
Triumphing in Paradise.

4. Join we then with one Accord
In the new, the joyful Song;
Abfent from our loving LORD
We shall not continue long:
We fhall quit the Houfe of Clay,
We a better Lot shall share,
We shall fee the Realms of Day
Meet our Happy Brother there!

5. Let the World bewail their Dead,
Fondly of their Lofs complain;
Brother, Friend, by Jesus freed,
Death to Thee, to Us is Gain;
Thou art entred into Joy:

Let the Unbelievers mourn,

We in Songs our Lives employ,
Till we all to GoD return..

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ARK! a Voice divides the Sky!

H Happy are the Faithful Dead,

In the LORD who fweetly die,

They from all their Toils are freed.
Them the Spirit hath declar'd
Bleft, unutterably bleft,
JESUS is their great Reward,
JESUS is their Endless Reft.

2. Follow'd by their Works they go
Where their Head had gone before,
Reconcil'd by Grace below;

Grace had open'd Mercy's Door:
Iuftified thro' Faith alone,

Here they knew their Sins forgiven,
Here they laid their Burden down.
Hallow'd, and made fit for Heaven..

3. Who can now lament the Lot
Of a Saint in Chrift deceas'd:
Let the World who know us, not
Call us hopeless and unbless'd:
When from Flesh the Spirit freed
Haftens homeward to return,
Mortals cry A Man is Dead!
Angels fing A Child is born! :'.

4. Born into the World above

They our happy Brother greet,
Bear him to the Throne of Love,

Place him at the Saviour's Feet:
JESUS fmiles, and fays Well done,

Good and Faithful Servant Thou,

Enter, and receive thy Crown,
Reign with Me Triumphant now.

5. Angels

5. Angels catch th' Approving Sound,
Bow, and bless the juft Award,
Hail the Heir with Glory crown'd
Now rejoicing with his LORD:
Fuller Joys ordain'd to know,

Waiting for the General Doom, When th' Archangel's Trump fhall blow "Rife ye Dead, to Judgment come.

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OME, let us who in CHRIST believe,
With Saints and Angels join,

Glory, and Praise, and Bleffing give,
And Thanks to Love Divine.

2. Our Friend in fure and certain Hope Hath laid his Body down;

He knew that CHRIST fhall raise him up And give the Starry Crown.

3. To All who His Appearing Love
He opens Paradise,

And We fhall join the Hofts above,
And we shall grasp the Prize.

4. Then let us wait to see the Day,
To hear the joyful Word,
To anfwer, Lo! we come away, ́,
We die to meet our LORD.

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A Midnight HYMN.

EARKEN to the Solemn Voice,
The awful Midnight Cry,
Waiting Souls, rejoice, rejoice,
And fee the Bridegroom nigh:

Lo! He comes to keep His Word;
Light and Joy His Looks impart,
Go-ye forth to meet your Lo RD,
And meet Him in your Heart.

2.

Ye who faint beneath the Load
Of Sin, your Heads lift up,
See your dear, Redeeming GOD,
He comes, and bids you hope.
In the Midnight of your Grief,
JESUS doth His Mourners chear,
Now he brings you fure Relief:
Believe, and feel Him here.

3. Ye whofe Loins are girt stand forth!
Whofe Lamps are burning bright,
Worthy in your Saviour's Worth,
To walk with CHRIST in Light:
JESUS bids your Hearts be clean,
Bids you All his Promife prove;
JESUS comes to caft out Sin,
And perfect you in Love.

4. Happiest Souls, (if fuch are here,)
Who have attain'd the Prize,

Wait ye till your

LORD appear,

Defcending from the Skies:

Still forget the things behind,

Toward your Thrones of Glory prefs,

Stop not, till above ye find

The Crown of Righteousness.

5. Wait we all in patient Hope
Till CHRIST the Judge fhall come,
We shall foon be All caught up
To meet the General Doom;
In an Hour to Us unknown

As a Thief in deepeft Night,
CHRIST fhall fuddenly come down
With all His Saints in Light.

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