I. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. Advent. 1 "Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every Ss. 7s. 4. eye shall see him." TO, he comes, with clouds descending, Thousand thousand saints attending Christ, the Lord, returns to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold him, Robed in dreadful majesty ; Those who set at nought and sold him, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Every island, sea, and mountain, Come to judgment, come away. See the day of God appear. 2 5 Yea, Amen; let all adore thee, Alleluia! Come, Lord, come! THE "He cometh to judge the earth.” L. M. HE Lord will come: the earth shall The hills their fixed seat forsake: 2 The Lord will come: but not the same A silent Lamb to slaughter led, The bruised, the suffering, and the dead. 3 The Lord will come: a dreadful form, 4 Can this be he who wont to stray 5 Go, tyrants, to the rocks complain; 3 “They shall perish, but thou shalt endure." L. M. Then heaven and earth shall pass away, HAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? 2 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll, When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead; 3 O! on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away. 4 "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of H L.M. with Chorus. OSANNA to the living Lord! 2 Hosanna, Lord! thine angels cry; 3 O Saviour, with protecting care, Where we thy parting promise claim: |