From "THE CROWNING TRIUMPH," by per. of F. A. NORTH & Co. Words by I. I. LESLIE. 761 WHEN THE ANGELS COME. E. M. CLARK. angels come to take All the 1. When the O then tobe known by the an-gel band! O to have them take us by the hand! Owhat joy, what joy! O what joy that day, When they carry, carry us a - way! 2 My Father's house on high, Home of the blest, how near, Thy golden gates appear! To reach the land I love: The bright inheritance of saints, The city from above. 3 So when that day shall come, Through grace I shall escape the tomb, How shall I love that word, 766 1 Our life is hid with Christ, With Christ in God above; Upward our heart would go to him, When he who is our life Appears, to take the throne, We too shall be revealed, and shine Like his own, like his own, In glory like his own. 2 He liveth, and we live! His life for us prevails; His fullness fills our mighty void, Life is for us in store; So death is swallowed up of life; We live for evermore. H. BONAR. 767 BLUMENTHAL. 7s. D. 1 Child of time amid earth's strife, Hast thou ever thought of thisThine is but a transient life, With no hope of future bliss ; Yet, thou need not thus despairJesus bends to reach thine ear, Words of gladness to declare If, thou wilt but wait to hear : 2 "I have come, the living bread," Heaven-sent, myself to give! Glorious words to mortals saidHungering, all may eat and live; And, the thirsting may from me Inward springs of joy supply, Sweet assurances to be Of the life, which ne'er can die. 3 Hear, O hear! he calls againEarnest, endless life to giveCalls unto the sons of men, Come to me, believe, and live! Listening still, we know his voice, Filled with words of cheer, and hope, Making all the saints rejoice, That his call shall raise them up. 4 So, our days of little worthIf we Jesus have as ours, End not in the silent earth Held by death's relentless powers; He hath seized the grave's cold key, Which hath made his promise sure, That his own with him shall be While the ages long endure. J. A. LIBBY. |