HYMNS. I. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. ADVENT. 1 "Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him." LO, he comes, with clouds descending, Once for favour'd sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending God appears on earth to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold him, Those who set at nought and sold him, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. [8s. 75. 4. 3 Every island, sea, and mountain, Heaven and earth, shall flee away: Come to judgment, come away. 4 Now redemption, long expected, See the day of God appear. 5 Yea, Amen; let all adore thee, Hallelujah! Come, Lord, come! 2 THE "He cometh to judge the earth." [L. M. HE Lord will come: the earth shall quake, And, withering from the vault of night, 2 The Lord will come: but not the same As once in lowly form he came, 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." THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, 2 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, 3 O! on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, [L. M. 4 44 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the [L. M. HOSANNA to the living Lord! with Chorus. Hosanna to the incarnate Word! 2 Hosanna, Lord! thine angels cry; 3 O Saviour, with protecting care, Where we thy parting promise claim: 4 But, chiefest, in our cleansèd breast, And make our secret soul to be Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! 5 So in the last and dreadful day, When earth and heaven shall melt away, Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! |