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6 Yea, amen! let all adore Thee,
High on thy exalted throne !
Saviour, take the power and glory :
Claim the kingdom for thine own!
O come quickly!

Hallelujah! come, Lord, come !

OLIVER.

404 The End of all Things. 8.7.8.7. 8.8.7.

GREAT God! what do I see and hear?

The end of things created!

The Judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated.

The trumpet sounds, the graves restore
The dead which they contained before.
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him!

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise,
At the last trumpet's sounding;
Caught up to meet Him in the skies,
With joy their Lord surrounding :
No gloomy fears their souls dismay;
His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepared to meet Him.

3 Great God, what do I see and hear?
The end of things created:
Behold the Judge of man appear,

On clouds of glory seated:
Low at his cross I view the day,

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When heaven and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepare to meet Him.

LUTHER.

The Day of Judgment. 8.7.8.7. 4.7.

DAY of judgment ! day of wonders!

Hark the trumpet's awful sound,

Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons

Will the sinner's heart confound.

2 See the Judge our nature wearing,
Clothed in majesty divine!
You 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 powers of nature, shaken
By his looks, prepare to flee;
While rejoicing,

Saints to Christ shall gather'd be.

4 Then to those who have confess'd,

Loved and served the Lord below,

He will say, "Come near, ye bless'd,
See the kingdom I bestow :

You for ever

Shall my love and glory know."

5 Under sorrows and reproaches,

;

May this thought our courage raise
Swiftly God's great day approaches,
Sighs shall then be changed to praise.
May we triumph

When the world is in a blaze!

NEWTON.

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The Ascent to Heaven.

EE the Captain of salvation
Lead his armies up the sky :
Rise above the conflagration:
Leave the world to burn and die.

2 Lo! I see the fair immortals
Enter to the blissful seats;
Glory opens wide her portals,
And the Saviour's train admits.

3 All the chosen of the Father,

8.7.8.7.

All for whom the Lamb was slain,
All the church appear together,
Wash'd from every sinful stain.
4 His dear smile the place enlightens,
More than thousand suns could do,
All around His presence brightens,
Changeless, yet for ever new.

5 Blessed state! beyond conception !
Who its vast delights can tell?
May it be my blissful portion,
With my Saviour there to dwell.

LEE.

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VI.-THE CHURCH.

Sion's Privileges.

GLORIOUS

8.7.8.7. 8.7.8.7.

YLORIOUS things of thee are spoken
Sion! city of our God!

He, whose word cannot be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode :
On the Rock of Ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose ?
With salvation's walls surrounded,

Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.

2 See! the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of drought remove :
Who can faint while such a river

Ever flows their thirst t' assuage ?
Grace which, like the Lord the giver,
Never fails from age to age.

3 Round each habitation hov'ring,
See the cloud and fire appear!
For a glory and a cov'ring,

Showing that the Lord is near.
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night, and shade by day: