The Heaven of Heavens, the spacious earth, With trembling there the angels see The flesh which sinned by Flesh redeemed, There, waiting for Thy faithful souls, Be Thou to us, O LORD! Our peerless joy while here we stay, Renew our strength, our sins forgive; And lift our souls aloft to Thee, So, when Thou shinest on the clouds, May we be saved from vengeance due, Glory to JESUS, Who returns "Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is the King of Glory? It is the LORD strong and mighty, even the LORD mighty in battle."-" He ever liveth to make intercession for us." 81. BLEST SAVIOUR, now Thy work is done! Death owns Thy power, the prize is won! Triumphant now we see Thee rise, Returning to Thy native skies. A radiant cloud is now Thy seat, And earth lies stretched beneath Thy Feet; To welcome their returning King. Beside the everlasting gates, There, JESU, Thou hast never ceased And thence the Church, Thy chosen Bride, Through all her members draws from Thee All praise from every heart and tongue, "Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the Right Hand of the Majesty on High." 82. O CHRIST! our Hope, our hearts' Desire, Redemption's only spring! Creator of the world art Thou, Its SAVIOUR and its King. How vast the mercy and the love, To set Thy people free! But now the bonds of death are burst, The Ransom has been paid: And Thou art on Thy FATHER'S Throne, O may Thy mighty love prevail, Our sinful souls to spare! O may we come before Thy throne, And find acceptance there! O CHRIST! be Thou our present joy, Our future great Reward! "As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, so CHRIST was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation." 83. O CHRIST! Who hast prepared a place With open face and joyful heart, O future Judge! Eternal LORD! "When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory; and before Him shall be gathered all nations." 84. WHAT terrors shake my trembling soul! Behold, the skies are riven, And CHRIST appears in clouds of light, The trumpet sounds, the opening graves Now all who left the world for CHRIST, But lo, the Cross, which once the Jew The saint's delight, the sinner's scorn, That Cross those wicked men behold, LORD, may we never to such guilt, O future Judge, to Thy great Name Whitsuntide. "O send out Thy Light and Thy Truth, that they may lead me, and bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy dwelling." 85.0 THOU, gone up, our Harbinger, To Heaven's dread palaces, Look on us lying helpless here, May holy love the stair supply Where GOD doth His tried children own, In Him for ever blest; He, All in All, their toils doth crown, And is Himself their rest. Thy grace alone to Thee can lead, Praise Him Who sits at GOD's right hand, Praise FATHER, as is meet, And to all time in every land, Praise the Dread Paraclete. "Thy counsel, O LORD, who hath known, except Thou give wisdom, and send Thy HOLY SPIRIT from above?" 86. RULER of the hosts of light, Death hath yielded to Thy might, Now Thou sittest on Thy Throne, "The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive, be cause it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.' 87. COME, HOLY GHOST, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire: |