156 L% The second Advent. P. M. O! he comes with clouds descending God appears on earth to reign. 2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him Those who set at nought and sold him, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain, Come to judgment! come away! 4 Now redemption, long expected, See the day of God appear! 5 Answer thine own bride and Spirit, Hasten, Lord, the general doom, The new heav'n and earth t' inherit, 157 Travails, groans, and bids thee come. HE E comes! he comes! the Saviour dear, 2 From heav'n angelic voices sound, Glory decks the Saviour's face. 3 Descending on his azure throne, 4 Shout, all the people of the sky, Ever, ever, ever, ever, Ever, and for ever reigns. 5 The Father praise, the son adore, LO! he cometh! countless trumpets 2 Full of joyful expectation, All behold the judge appear: Truth and justice go before him, Now the joyful sentence hear. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Welcome, welcome judge divine! 3 "Come, ye blessed of my Father, Banish all your fears and sorrows, 4 Now at once they rise to glory, Jesus brings them to the King; P. M. There, with all the host of heaven, 159 DA Judgment. AY of judgment, day of wonders! Hark! the trumpet's awful sound, Louder than a thousand thunders, Shakes the vast creation round! P. M. How the summons will the sinner's heart confound. 2 See the Judge our nature wearing, You, who long for his appearing, 3 At his call the dead awaken, Careless sinner, what will then become of 4 Satan, who now tries to please you, In that awful day will seize you, Think, poor sinner, thy eternal all's at stake. 5 But to those who have confessed, You for ever shall my love and glory know." 160 Give glory to God before the day of darkness THE cometh. S. M. HE swift-declining day, While ev'ning's broad and gloomy shade And use the hours of light; 3 4 5 Know that its Maker can command His word blots out the sun In its meridian-blaze; And cuts from smiling vig'rous youth On the dark mountain's brow Give glory to the Lord, Who rules the whirling sphere; Submissive at his footstool bow, And seek salvation there. |