v. JESUS, the helpless creature's friend, HYMN CXXVI. P. M. The last Judgment. I. O! he cometh! countless trumpets Mid ten thousand saints and angels Welcome, welcome, Son of God. II. Now his merit, by the harpers, Shall at his appearance wail. III. Full of joyful expectation, Saints behold the judge appear: Truth and justice go before him, Now the joyful sentence hear: Hallelujah, Welcome, welcome, Judge divine. IV. "Come, ye blessed of my father, "Enter into life and joy; "Banish all your fears and sorrows, "Endless praise be your employ: Hallelujah, Welcome, welcome to the skies. V. Now at once they rise to glory, Boundless glory to the Lamb. HYMN CXXVII. L. M. The last Judgment. I. O! he comes with clouds descending, Thousand thousand saints attending, II. Every eye shall now behold him Those who set at nought and sold him, Deeply wailing, Shall the great Messiah see. III. Every island, sea, and mountain, Come to judgment! come away. IV. Now redemption, long expected, Hallelujah! See the day of GOD appear! V. Answer thine own bride and spirit, Travails, groans, and bids thee come! VI. Yea! amen! let all adore thee, Saviour take thy power and glory: Hallelujah! come, LORD, come. HYMN CXXVIII. L. M. The last Judgment. I. E comes! he comes! to judge the "HE world, Aloud th' archangel cries: While thunders roll from pole to pole; II. Th' affrighted nations hear the sound The slumb'ring tenants of the ground III. Amid the shouts of numerous friends, The judge in solemn pomp descends, IV. His head and hairs are white as snow, A radiant crown adorns his brow, V. Writ on his thigh his name appears, VI. So he ascends the judgment-seat, VII. Princes and peasants here expect 66 VIII. Depart ye sons of vice and sin! " While the long kindling wrath within, IX. And now in words divinely sweet, The sentence of his grace: X. "Well done, my, good and faithful sons, "The children of my love; "Receive the sceptres, crowns and thrones, Prepar'd for you above." |