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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