ADVENT HYMN.

O, He comes in clouds descending, Once for guilty sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train. Hallelujah, hallelujah : Amen.

Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him,
Rob'd in dreadful majesty;

Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierc'd and nail'd Him to the tree.
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Amen.

Now redemption long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear;
All His saints by man rejected
Now shall meet Him in the air;
Hallelujah, hallelujah; Amen.

Yea, Amen; let all adore Him,
High on Thine eternal throne;
Saviour take the pow'r and glory,
Take the Kingdom for Thine own.
Hallelujah, hallelujah ; Amen.

Temple Church Anthem Book.

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LUTHER'S HYMN.

REAT God! what do I see and hear?
The end of things created!

The Judge of mankind doth appear

On clouds of glory seated!

The trumpet sounds, the graves restore
The dead which they contain'd before:
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him!

The dead in Christ shall first arise,
At the last trumpet's sounding;
And meet their Saviour in the skies,
With joy His throne surrounding:
No gloomy fears their souls dismay;
His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepar'd to meet Him.

But sinners, fill'd with guilty fears,
Behold His wrath prevailing;
For they shall rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing:
The day of grace is past and gone;
Trembling they stand before the throne,
All unprepar'd to meet Him.

Great God! what do I see and hear?
The end of things created!
The Judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated!
Beneath His Cross I view the day
When heaven and earth shall pass away;
And thus prepare to meet Him!