The Church of the first-born above,But what must it be to be there? 5 Do Thou, Lord, 'midst pleasure and woe, For heaven our spirits prepare; And shortly we also shall know And feel what it is to be there.

337 Happiness of Heaven.

C.M.

1 FAR from these narrow scenes of night, Unbounded glories rise;

And realms of infinite delight,

Unknown to mortal eyes.

2 Fair, distant land! could mortal eyes
But half its joys explore,
How would our spirits long to rise,
And dwell on earth no more!
3 There pain and sickness never come,
And grief no more complains;
Health triumphs in immortal bloom,
And endless pleasure reigns.

4 No cloud those blissful regions know,
For ever bright and fair!

For sin, the source of mortal woe,
Can never enter there.

5 There no alternate night is known,
Nor sun's faint, sickly ray;

But glory, from the sacred throne,
Spreads everlasting day.

6 Prepare us, Lord, by grace divine,
For Thy bright courts on high;
Then bid our spirits rise, and join
The chorus of the sky.

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Many Mansions.

1 BEYOND, beyond the glitt'ring stars,
There, where eternal ages shine,
Jesus for every saint prepares
Mansions of glory, joys divine.

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2 Blest mansions! fixed beyond the bounds Of sin and sorrow, woe and pain;

Where peace, and love, and joy resounds, Where Christ and saints for ever reign.

339

CHRIST'S SECOND COMING.

Sheep and Goats.

C.M.

1 WHEN Christ shall come to take His throne, And judge the sons of men,

Each soul of man will stand alone
Before His glory then.

2 His friends shall be from sorrow free,
His foes of hope bereft;

The sheep will stand at His right hand,
The goats upon the left.

3 0 what a gulf will then divide

The saints and sinners there!

These shall in His sweet likeness shine,
Those sink in deep despair.

4 Grant, gracious God, before we tread
The dark and silent grave,

That we to Jesus may be led,
To prove Thy power to save!

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Second Coming.

7's double.

HARK! that shout of rapt'rous joy,
Bursting forth from yonder cloud;

Jesus comes, and through the sky
Angels tell their joy aloud.
Hark! the trumpet's awful voice
Sounds abroad o'er sea and land:
Let His people now rejoice;

Their redemption is at hand.
2 See! the Lord appears in view;
Heaven and earth before Him fly.
Rise, ye saints, He comes for you,
Rise to meet Him in the sky:
Go and dwell with Him above,
Where no foe can e'er molest;
Happy in the Saviour's love,
Ever blessing, ever blest.

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'Every Eye shall see Him.'

1 AND must we see that solemn day,
And rise to view His face,

From whom the heavens will flee away,
And earth obtain no place?

2 Yes; every eye shall see Him then,
In all His majesty ;

No more to be the scorn of men,
As when He came to die.

3 And He will kindly say to some,
Who here His grace possessed,
'Ye blessed of My Father, come
To My eternal rest.'

4 But those who never sought His face Will hear the awful sound,

'Depart, ye cursed, to the place Where hope is never found.'

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5 The righteous then will sweetly know Salvation's of the Lord;

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The wicked feel, in endless woe,
That death is sin's reward.

The Day of Judgment.

1 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 Every eye shall then behold Him, Robed in dreadful majesty ;

8.7.4.

Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.
3 At His call the dead awaken,
Rise to life from earth and sea;
All the powers of nature shaken
By His look prepare to flee;
Careless sinner,

What will then become of thee?
4 But to those who have confessed,
Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say, Come near, ye blessed,
See the kingdom I bestow ;
You for ever

Shall My love and glory know.

L.M.

343 What will ye do? (Isa. x. 3.)
1 SINNERS, attend God's solemn word,
Who still your mad career pursue;
When He girds on His dreadful sword,
And comes in wrath, what will ye do?
2 Say, have you made this world your choice?
Is this the all you have in view?
Hear Heaven's expostulating voice,
In that dread day what will ye do?'
3 Ah! see this most tremendous day
Of visitation hastes to you;

Nor youth nor health can it delay;
And in it, O what will ye do?
4 If you should live in sin, and die
Without a heart made clean and new,
God's justice must to you come nigh;
And in that day what will ye do?
5 He'll call you to His judgment-seat,
And bring your sins to sad review;
Nor can you from His face retreat:
And in that day what will ye do?

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Day of Judgment.

1 And will the Judge descend?
And must the dead arise?

And not a single soul escape

His all-discerning eyes?
2 How will my heart endure

The terrors of that day,

When earth and heaven before His face,
Astonished, shrink away?

S. M.