5 Oh! may these heav'nly pages be
My ever-dear delight!
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light!
6 Divine Instructor! gracious Lord!
Be Thou for ever near;
Teach me to love thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour there!
Christ's triumphant reign.
Rev. xi, 15; xix, 6.
1 HARK! the song of Jubilee! Loud as mighty thunders roar ; Or the fulness of the sea,
When it breaks upon the shore! Hallelujah! for the Lord
God omnipotent shall reign: Hallulejah! let the word
Echo round the earth and main.
2 Hallelujah! Hark! the sound,
From the centre to the skies,
Wakes, above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:
See Jehovah's banners furl'd;
Sheath'd his sword: He speaks-'tis done,
And the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of his Son.
3 He shall reign from pole to pole With illimitable sway;
He shall reign, when like a scroll
Yonder heavens have pass'd away:
Then the end-beneath his rod
Man's last enemy shall fall:
Hallelujah! Christ in God,
God in Christ, is all in all.
Sinai, Calvary, and Olivet.
Ex. xix, 16-19. Luke xxiii, 33. Zech. xiv, 4, 5.
1 THE Lord of might, from Sinai's brow,
Gave forth his voice of thunder;
And Israel lay on earth below,
Outstretch'd in fear and wonder:
Beneath his feet was pitchy night,
And, at his left hand and his right,
The rocks were rent asunder.
2 The Lord of love, on Calvary,
A meek and suff'ring stranger,
Uprais'd to heaven his languid eye
In nature's hour of danger:
For us He bore the weight of woe;
For us He gave his blood to flow,
And met his Father's anger.
3 The Lord of love, the Lord of might,
The King of all created,
Shall back return to claim his right,
On clouds of glory seated;
With trumpet-sound and angel-song,
And hallelujahs loud and long,
O'er death and hell defeated!
John xvi, 22. 1 Thess. iv, 16, 17. 2 Tim. iv, 8. 1 WELCOME Sight! the Lord descending! Jesus in the clouds appears:
Lo! the Saviour comes, intending
Now to dry his people's tears:
Lo! the Saviour comes to reign,
Welcome to his waiting train.
2 Long they mourn'd their absent Master,
Long they felt like men forlorn,
Bid the seasons fly still faster,
While they sigh'd for his return:
Lo! the hour is come at last,
All their sorrows now are past.
3 Now, from home no longer banish'd,
They are going to their rest:
Though the heav'ns and earth have vanish'd,
With their Lord they shall be blest:
Blest with Him his saints shall be,
Blest throughout eternity.
4 Happy people! grace unbounded,
Grace alone, exalts you thus:
Be asham'd, and be confounded;
Sing for ever:-Not to us,
Not to us be glory giv'n:
Glory to the God of heav'n!
The Lord's kingdom established.
Isa. ii, 17, 18; xxiv, 23. Rev. xi, 15.
1 His kingdom come! ye saints, rejoice!
Let earth and heaven unite their voice
To swell the lofty strain:
Proclaim the joyful news abroad;
The mighty King! the glorious God!
He comes on earth to reign.
2 High o'er the pomp of worldly state,
On chosen Zion's lofty seat,
Jehovah sets his throne:
Now shall the lands confess his power,
And all the earth his name adore,
And serve the Lord alone.
3 Before the terrors of his face
Let mortal man his pride abase,
And ev'ry idol fall:
Prostrate be ev'ry haughty foe,
The pomp and power of earth be low,
And God be all in all,
Isa. xxv, 9. Matt. xxv, 34. John v, 28, 29.
1 DAY of judgment! day of wonders!
Hark! the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than ten thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons
Will the sinner's heart confound!
2 See the Judge, our nature wearing,
Cloth'd in majesty divine!
Ye, 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 pow'rs of nature, shaken,
From his glance prepare to flee.
Careless sinner!
What will then become of thee?
4 But to those, who have confessed,
Lov'd, and serv'd the Lord below,
He will say:-Come near, ye blessed,
Take the kingdom I bestow:
You for ever
Shall my love and glory know.
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