DESCRIBING JUDGMENT.
In all commotions rest!
When war's and tumult's waves run high, Unmoved above the storm they lie, They lodge in Jesu's breast.
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!
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XTOE to the men on earth who dwell, Wo Nor dread the Almighty's frown, When God doth all his wrath reveal, And shower his judgments down!
2 Sinners, expect those heaviest showers, To meet your God prepare;
For, lo! the seventh angel pours His phial in the air.
3 Lot from their seats the mountains leap, The mountains are not found; Transported far into the deep, And in the ocean drowned.
4 Who then shall live, and face the throne, And face the Judge severe?
When heaven and earth are fled and gone, O where shall I appear?
5 Now, only now, against that hour We may a place provide;
Beyond the grave, beyond the power Of hell, our spirits hide:
8 Firm in the all- destroying shock, May view the final scene; For, lo the everlasting Rock Is cleft to take us in.
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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!
4-6s& 2-8s.
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E virgin souls, arise,
Unto salvation wise,
Oil in your vessels take; Upstarting at the midnight cry,
" Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh!"
2 He comes, he comes to call
The nations to his bar,
And raise to glory all
Who fit for glory are;
Made ready for your full reward,
Go forth with joy to meet your Lord.
3 Go, meet him in the sky,
Your everlasting Friend; Your 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!
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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 to 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!