2 Such happiness, O Lord, have we, By mercy gathered into thee,

Before the floods descend:

And while the bursting clouds come down,
We mark the vengeful day begun,

And calmly wait the end.

3 The plague, and dearth, and din of war,
Our Saviour's swift approach declare,
And bid our hearts arise;
Earth's basis shook confirms our hope;
Its cities' fall but lifts us up,

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,
The plague presents thy healing wings,
And nature's final hour.

5 Whatever ills the world befall,
A pledge of endless good we call,
A sign of Jesus near;

His chariot will not long delay,
We hear the rumbling wheels, and pray,
Triumphant Lord, appear!

6 Appear with clouds on Zion's hill,
Thy word and mystery to fulfil,

Thy confessors to approve,
Thy members on thy throne to place,
And stamp thy name on every face,
In glorious, heavenly love!

HYMN 64.-Continued.

2 Jesus, to thy dear wounds we flee,
We sink into thy side;
Assured that all who trust in thee
Shall evermore abide.

3 Then let the thundering trumpet sound, The latest lightning glare,

The mountains melt, the solid ground
Dissolve as liquid air;

4 The huge celestial bodies roll,
Amidst that general fire,

And shrivel as a parchment-scroll,
And all in smoke expire!

5 Yet still the Lord, the Saviour reigns,
When nature is destroyed,
And no created thing remains
Throughout the flaming void.
6 Sublime upon his azure throne,
He speaks the almighty word;
His fiat is obeyed! 'tis done;
And Paradise restored.

7 So be it! let this system end,
This ruinous earth and skies,
The new Jerusalem descend,
The new creation rise!

8 Thy power omnipotent assume,
Thy brightest majesty!

And when thou dost in glory come,
My Lord, remember me!

HYMN 65.-Continued.

2 He comes, he comes, to call
The nations to his bar,
And raise to glory all

Who fit for glory are;
Make ready for your full reward,

Go forth with joy to meet your Lord.

3 Go, meet him in the sky,

Your everlasting friend;
Yonr Head to glorify,

With all his saints ascend;

Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace
To see, without a veil, his face !

4 Ye that have here received
The unction from above,
And in his Spirit lived,
Obedient to his love,

Jesus shall claim you for his bride :
Rejoice with all the sanctified!

5 The everlasting doors

Shall soon the saints receive,
Above yon angel powers
In glorious joy to live;

Far from a world of grief and sin,
With God eternally shut in.

6 Then let us wait and hear

The trumpet's welcome sound;
To see our Lord appear,
Watching let us be found;

When Jesus doth the heavens bow,

Be found-as, Lord, thou find'st us now!

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 The dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears;
Cause of endless exultation
To his ransomed worshippers;
With what rapture

Gaze we on those glorious scars!

4 Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
High on thy eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own;
Jah, Jehovah,
Everlasting God, come down!

On the Rock of heavenly love.

A house we call our own

Which cannot be o'erthrown;

In the general ruin sure,

Storms and earthquakes it defies;

Built immovably secure,

4

Built eternal in the skies.

High on Immanuel's land We see the fabric stand: From a tottering world remove To our steadfast mansion there; Our inheritance above

Cannot pass from heir to heir.