ATHALIE. S. M. D.

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. (1809-1847.)

1331

On the Death of a Minister.

2 At midnight came the cry,

"To meet thy God prepare!"

He woke, and caught his Captain's eye; Then, strong in faith and prayer,

His spirit with a bound

Left its encumbering clay;

His tent, at sunrise, on the ground,

A darkened ruin lay.

3 The pains of death are past,

Labor and sorrow cease,

And, life's long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.
Soldier of Christ, well done,
Praise be thy new employ;
And, while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Saviour's joy.

2 It is not death to bear

The wrench that sets us free

From dungeon-chain, to breathe the air Of boundless liberty.

Jesus, Thou Prince of Life,

Thy chosen cannot die;

Like Thee, they conquer in the strife,

To reign with Thee on high.

Rev. Cæsar Henri Abraham Malan. (1787-1864.) 1841.

Tr. by Rev. George Washington Bethune. (1805-1862.)1847.

1333
IO FOR the death of those
Who slumber in the Lord:
O be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward.
Their bodies, in the ground,
In silent hope may lie,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Shall call them to the sky.

The Death of the Righteous.

2 Their ransomed spirits soar

On wings of faith and love,
To meet the Saviour they adore,
And reign with Him above.
With us their names shall live

Through long succeeding years, Embalmed with all our hearts can give, Our praises and our tears.

Rev. Samuel Francis smith (1808-) 1831

ab

1334

"For ever with the Lord."

2 Here in the body pent,

Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

3 My Father's house on high,

Home of my soul, how near, At times, to faith's foreseeing eye, Thy golden gates appear.

4 Ah, then my spirit faints

To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above.

5 "For ever with the Lord:"

Father, if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfil.

1335

James Montgomery. 1835. ab.

1 WE have a house above,
Not made with mortal hands;
And firm as our Redeemer's love,
That heavenly fabric stands.

2 It stands securely high,
Indissolubly sure;

Our glorious mansion in the sky
Shall evermore endure.

3 Beneath our earthly load

We labor now and groan,

And hasten toward that house of God,
And struggle to be gone.

4 Full of immortal hope,

We urge the restless strife,
And hasten to be swallowed up
Of everlasting life.

5 Thy grace with glory crown,
Who hast the earnest given,
And then triumphantly come down
And take us up to heaven.

Rev. Charles Wesley :708-1788.) 1759. ab. and sl. It

12 Full of joyful expectation,

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Saints, behold the Judge appear; Truth and justice go before Him; Now the royal sentence hear: Hallelujah!

Welcome, welcome, Judge divine. "Come, ye blesséd of my Father,

Enter into life and joy;

Banish all your fears and sorrows;
Endless praise be your employ:"
Hallelujah!

Welcome, welcome, to the skies.
Rev. John Cennick. (1717-1755-) 1749.

ab

I HARK, the judgment-trumpet sounding
Rends the skies and shakes the poles;
Lo, the day, with wrath abounding,
Breaks upon astonished souls:
Every creature

Now the awful Judge beholds.

2 Jesus, Captain of salvation,

Leads His armies down the skies;
Every kindred, tribe and nation,
From the sleep of death, arise:

Heaven's loud summons
Fills the world with dread surprise.

3 Zion's King, His throne ascending,
Calls His saints before His face;
Crowns, with glory never-ending,
All the children of His grace:
Heaven shall echo;

Songs of triumph fill the place.

Rev. Nathan Sidney Smith Beman. (1786—1871.) 1832, ah

2 Every eye shall now behold Him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.
3 Every island, sea, and mountain,

Heaven and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate Him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the dav;
Come to judgment,

Come to judgment, come away.
4 Now redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear:
All His saints, by men rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air:
Hallelujah!

See the day of God appear.
5 Yca, amen; let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne:
Saviour, take the power and glory;
Claim the kingdom for Thine own:
O come quickly,

Hallelujah! come, Lord, come.

Rev. Charles Wesley. (1708-1788.) 1758. Rev. Martin Madan. (1728-1790.) 1760. ab

1341

The Day of Judgment.

1 DAY of judgment, day of wonders,
Hark, the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round:

How the summons

Will the sinner's heart confound.

2 See the Judge, our nature wearing,
Clothed in majesty divine:

You who long for His appearing
Then shall say, "This God is mine:"
Gracious Saviour,

Own me in that day for Thine.

3 At His call the dead awaken,

Rise to life from earth and sea;
All the powers of nature, shaken
By His looks, prepare to flee;
Careless sinner,
What will then become of thee?

4 But to those who have confesséd,
Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say, "Come near, ye blessed,
See the kingdom I bestow;

You for ever

Shall My love and glory know."

Rev. John Newton. (1725-1807.) 1779 ab

FIRST FRUITS. 7, 6, 7, 4. D.

John Knowles Faine. (1839 1873