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1 Rejoice, all ye believers,

And let your lights appear;
The evening is advancing,
The midnight now is near.
The Bridegroom is arising,

And soon he draweth nigh,
Up, up, and watch, and wrestle,
At midnight comes the cry.

2 See that your lamps are burning,
Replenish them with oil,
And wait for your salvation,
The end of earthly toil.
The watchers on the mountain,
Proclaim the Bridegroom near;
Go meet him as he cometh,
With hallelujahs clear.

3 Ye saints, who here in patience
Your cross and sufferings bore,
Shall live and reign forever,
When sorrow is no more.
Upon the throne of glory,

The Lamb ye shall behold
In triumph cast before him,
Your diadems of gold!

1 Brief life is here our portion,

Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life is there :
Reward of grace how wondrous!
Short toil-eternal rest!
O, miracle of mercy,

That rebels should be blest!

2 I know not, O, I know not
What social joys are there,
What pure, unfading glory,
What light beyond compare.
O garden free from sorrow!

O plains that fear no strife!
Dear Saviour, come in glory,
Give us eternal life.

BERNARD of CLUNY.

40 MILLENNIAL DAWN. 7s & 6s.

G. J. WEBB.

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2 With him, I on Zion shall stand,

For Jesus has spoken the word; The breadth of Immanuel's land

Survey, by the side of my Lord. But when, on thy bosom reclined, Thy face I am strenthened to see, My fullness of rapture I find,

My heaven of heavens, in thee.

3 How happy the people whose home
Is found in the city of God!
As pilgrims no more they shall roam,
Nor travel a dangerous road.
Physician divine, unto me

Thy soul-healing blessing now give, And keep me while waiting for thee, And then to that city receive.

4 Away with our sorrow and fear, We soon shall recover our home; The city of saints shall appear,

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The day of eternity come : No need of the sun in that day Which never is followed by night, Where Jesus' beauties display A pure and a permanent light.

C. WESLEY.

1 The church in her militant state
Is weary, and cannot forbear;
The saints with desire still wait
To see him again in the air.
The Spirit invites, in the bride,

Her heavenly Lord to descend;
And place her, enthroned at his side,
In glory that never shall end.

2 The news of his coming I hear,
And gladly I join in the cry;
O Jesus, in triumph appear!

Appear in the clouds of the sky.
Come, Lord, to the bride of thy love,
In fullness of majesty come;
And bring me the mansion above;
Prepared for my heavenly home.

C. WESLEY.

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THOS. HASTINGS.

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Jesus comes on earth to reign! :||

2 Every eye shall now behold him, Robed in dreadful majesty ; Those who set at naught and sold him, Pierc'd and nailed him to the tree, |: Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see. :||

3 Now redemption long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear,
All his saints, by man rejected,
Rise to meet him in the air:
|: Hallelujah!

See the day of God appears! :||

4 Yea, amen: let all adore thee,

High on thine eternal throne! Saviour, take the power and glory, Make thy righteous sentence known, |: O, come quickly!

Claim the kingdom for thine own! :||

Waits my anxious soul for thee;
Life is dark, and earth is dreary,
Where thy light I do not see:
: O my Saviour,

When wilt thou return to me! :||

3 With my lamp well trimmed and burning, Swift to hear, and slow to roam, Watching for thy glad returning, To restore me to my home, |: Come, my Saviour!

1 Lo, he cometh: countless trumpets Wake to life the slumbering dead; 'Mid ten thousand saints and angels See their great, exalted Head: ||: Hallelujah!

Welcome, welcome, Son of God. :|| 2 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. :|| 3 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 my rest. :||
J. CENNICK.