Upon Thy pardoned people shine, 5 Praise we the Lord with choral hymn, &c. 47 The voice of him that crieth in the 1 VOICE of mercy! voice of terror! Let the earth-bound soul arise: 3 Lo, the long-expected morrow Brings the Lamb of God from heaven: 4 So, when next He comes in splendour, And His joyful sentence hear: 5'Come ye, of My Father blessed, Come, and reap your rich reward: 48 In those days came John the Baptist. 1 Lo, from the desert homes, In sternest wisdom strong; 2 Your God e'en now doth stand And with Him stows; Ye haughty mountains, bow He comes to reign. 49 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare my way before Me. Mal. iii. 1 WHEN Christ the Lord would come on earth, His messenger before Him went, And charged with words of deep intent. 2 The least of all that here attend And we the children of the morn. 4 And as he boldly spake Thy Word, And joyed to hear the Bridegroom's voice, Thus may Thy pastors teach, O Lord, And thus Thy listening Church rejoice. 5 One God unseen, the Father, Son, &c. 2 Within Thy temple when they stand 3 Wisdom and zeal and love impart, And love the souls whom Thou dost love. 4 To watch and pray, and never faint, By day and night their guard to keep, To warn the sinner, cheer the saint, To feed Thy lambs, and tend Thy 5 So, when their work is finished here, 51 Who bring glad tidings. Rom.x. 52 Be God the Father, Son, &c. Return ye, and get ye unto your tents. 10 ISRAEL, to thy tents repair, 3 Awake, arise, and grasp the spear The coward and the sluggard wear 4 A crown of glory waits for thee, From such a hope shall Israel flee, 5 No; let the careless world repose 6 Give glory to the Three in One, &c. 4 Teach us so to watch, Lord Jesus; From the sleep of sin release us: Swift to hear Thee let us be, 5 God who with all good provides us, 54 Psalm lxxv. Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, &c. 1 WE praise Thee, yea, O God, we praise: Thy Name is ever near: Thy miracles of ancient days We tell, that men may fear. 2 'A day of righteous doom is nigh,' Saith God, when earth shall fade 3 Oft to the scornful have I cried, 4 God judgeth by His soverain Word, And one He casteth down: the Lord 5 With wine and mingled drink it foams; He pours it out on high: The wicked of the earth He dooms 6 Give glory to the Three in One, &c. 55 Psalm lxxxii. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, &c. 1 YE judges of the earth, be still, While God declares His righteous will: 'How long in your unequal scale Shall justice lose, and wrong prevail? 2 Let law the orphan's claim secure: List to the friendless and the poor: Protect the weak, assert their right, And save them from the oppressor's spite. 3 Alas, ye neither know nor mark; Reckless ye wander in the dark, While earth the dire confusion feels, And on its deep foundation reels. 4 Rise, high-throned God, to vengeance rise; Redeem the wronged, the proud chastise; Rule every realm by right divine: For all the realms of earth are Thine. 5 Praise we the Lord with choral hymn, &c. 56 Psalm xcvi. O sing unto the Lord a new 1 SING a new song unto the Lord And power and splendour hold their place 3 Great glory to the Lord ascribe, His mighty Name revere, And in His courts, each earthly tribe, Give glory to the Three in One, &c. PART II. 4 Adore the Lord with humble dread Within His holy place: Draw near, and bow the trembling head The Lord is throned above:' That it shall never move.' 5 He comes, our righteous Judge and King: 6. For lo, He comes, the faithful Lord, And judge the nations with His Word The Lord reveals His saving might 2 To Israel's house His truth is shown; A glorious voice, ye realms of earth; Break out in song, rejoice with holy mirth. 3 Come with the merry harp, and sing; Bring forth the trump, the clarion bring, And make glad music to the Lord the King. Roar, many-voiced mighty sea, This world, with all its tenantry: Let streams clap hands, and mountains blend their glee. 4 For lo, the Lord! He comes to bless The earth, its sorrows to redress, And judge its realms with truth and right 59 God shall bring every work into judgment. Eccl. xii. THOU Judge of quick and dead, Before whose bar severe, With holy joy, or guilty dread, We all must soon appear; And teach us how to pray; 3 To pray, and wait the hour, That dreadful hour unknown, Thou shalt from heaven come down. 4 O may we all be found Obedient to Thy word, Still watching for the trumpet's sound, 5 Be God, the Father, Son, &c. 60 We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. 2 Cor. v. 1 HE came in weakness, comes in power, The sun shall fade, grow cold and wan; Art Thou to come, the Judge of men. 2 Work in us now to seek thy grace, That then we shrink not from Thy face; Look on us now, that then we bless Thy voice of truth and holiness. From earthly passion, earthly aim, From every secret thing of shame, Cleanse us, till on this darksome road Our hearts give back the light of God. 3 Be ours on earth, that we may know Our refuge in that hour of woe, And cling to Thee, whose mercies quell The banded powers of death and hell. So may we stand upon Thy right Among the ransomed sons of light, And with the angel host adore Our God and Saviour evermore. 61 And five of them were wise, and five were 1 ERE that solemn hour of doom, 2 Virgins ten, with joyous feet, 4 Vainly now for oil ye cry, 62 The Son of Man shall come in the glory of 1 PRAISE the Lord; praise our King, Shall His gracious Name confess: And our prayer and praise He waits to Praise the Lord; praise our King. 2 Praise the Lord; praise our King; Took our flesh for us to die; With united praises glorify. C Soon again our King descending Men shall range before His throne, Doom his foes to death unending, And to endless glory call His own. Praise the Lord; praise our King. 63 The glorious appearing of the great God,. and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Tit. ii. 1 THE Lord shall come; the earth shall quake, The hills their ancient seat forsake, 2 The Lord shall come, but not the same 3 The Lord shall come, a dreadful form, 4 Can this be He, who wont to stray 5 While sinners in despair shall call, old, He took our nature poor and low; But shared our weakness and our woe. 2 But when He cometh back once more, Then shall be set the great white throne; And earth and heaven shall flee before 3 O Son of God, in glory crowned, The Judge ordained of quick and dead; O Son of Man, so pitying found For all the tears Thy people shed: 4 Be with us in that awful hour, And by Thy crown, and by Thy grave, 65 Behold, He cometh with clouds. Rev.i. 1 Lo, He comes in clouds descending, Jesus comes on earth to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold Him Those who set at nought and sold Him, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Lo, the Saviour long expected, Robed in splendour, takes His seat: With their loud hosannas greet. 66 Claim the kingdoms for thine own. He shall sit upon the throne of His glory. 1 ONCE He came, how meek and lowly, Soon, our Judge, unerring, holy, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 2 Be the terrors and the blessing Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, |