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"I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was naked, "And ye minister'd to me.'

5 But how awful is the sentence, "Go from me, ye cursed

race,

"To that place of endless torment, "Never more to see my face:

"I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was naked, "Ye to me no mercy show'd."

[6 Now awake, ye slumbring virgins,

Trim your lamps, the bridegroom's near;
Let your loins with truth be girded,
Sigus proclaim he'll soon appear:
Mark the fig-tree,

Budding shows the summer's near.]

7 Jesus, save a trembling sinner,

While thy wrath o'er sinners roll:
In this gen'ral wreck of nature,
Be the refuge of my soul:

Jesus, save me, Jesus save me, when the lightnings
Blaze around from pole to pole.

381. 8. 7. 4. Swain.

Judgment....Jude 14, 15.

1 LO, he comes, array'd in veng'ance,
Riding down the heavenly road;
Floods of fury roll before him---
Who can meet an angry God?
Tremble, sinners,

Who can stand before his rod?

2 Lo, he comes in glory shining:

Saints, arise and meet your king? Glorious captain of salvation,

Welcome, welcome, hear them sing? Shouts of triumph

Make the heavens with echoes ring?

[3 Now despisers, look and wonder!
Hear the dreadful sound depart,
Rattling like a peal of thunder,
Thro' each guilty rebel's heart!
Lost for ever,

Hope and sinners here must part!
4 Still they hear the awful sentence,
Hell resounds the dreadful roar;
While their heart strings twine with anguish,
Trembling on the burning shore!

Justice seals it--

Down they sink to rise no more!
5 How they shrink, with horror viewing
Hell's deep caverns op'ning wide!
Guilty thoughts, like ghosts pursuing,
Plunge them down the rolling tide!
Now consider,

Ye who scorn the Lamb that dy'd!]
[6 Hark! ten thousand harps resounding!
Form'd in bright and grand array:
See the glorious armies rising,

While their captain leads the way!
Heaven before them

Opens an eternal day.]

382. 8.7. 4. Newton.
Judgment....Rev. i. 7...vi. 14.

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 See the Judge, our nature wearing, Cloth'd in majesty divine!

You, who long for his appearing,
Then shall say, "this God is mine!"
Gracious Saviour,

Own me in that day for thine! 3 At his call the dead awaken,

Rise to life from earth and sea:
All the pow'rs of nature, shaken
By his looks prepare to flee:
Careless sinner,

What will then become of thee? 4 Horrors past imagination,

Will surprise your trembling heart, When you hear your condemnation, "Hence, accursed wretch, depart! "Thou with satan

"And his angels have thy part!" 5 But to those who have confessed,

Lov'd and serv'd the Lord below; He will say, "Come near, ye blessed, "See the kingdom I bestow:

"You, for ever,

"Shall my love and glory know." 6 Under sorrows and reproaches,

May this thought our courage raise:
Swiftly God's great day approaches,
Sighs shall then be chang'd to praise:

We shall triumph,

When the world is in a blaze!

383. 10s. S--.

5.6.

The happy Meeting of Body and Soul....Rev. x. 5. 6.

1 SWIFT from the heavens a mighty angel flies,
And bears his dread commission from the skies,
His sacred orders sound from shore to shore;
Jehovah swears that time shall be no more!

2 The solemn trumpet wakes the countless dead, And trembling mortals leave their clay-cold bed, Lo! from before the dazzling throne of God, Celestial forms come down th' ethereal road; 3 Each radiant form assumes its native mate, And looks and wonders at its glorious state; 66 Is this the feeble frame I left behind ? "So beauteous now!" exclaims the raptur'd mind: 4 "Before opprest with sickness and with pain; "Now life immortal runs in ev'ry vein :

"Are these the feet, which, often, tir'd and slow, Crept trembling on to join the church below?

"

5 "Are these the hands I us'd to spread abroad, "In humble acts of pray'r and praise to God? "What briny drops once trickled down this face, "Which heavenly smiles adorn, and ev'ry grace! 6 "Eternal scenes pour on my ravish'd sight, "Now so much strengthen'd for the vast delight! "No more disease shall dart with fatal aim"His deadly venom thro' my sickly frame: 7 "No more this body shall distress my soul.... "Impede her flight....her noblest pow'rs control; "The dark, mysterious path that once I trod, "Now now I see, it was the way to God!

8 "Join, all ye heavenly hosts, your anthems raise, "Nor let one tongue be mute from songs of praise;" Instant the tuneful choir, in sounding strains, Pour their melodious notes o'er all the plains. 384. L. M. Swain.

Justification by Faith.... Gal. ii. 16.

1 SINNERS, away from Sinai fly;
To Calv'ry's bloody scene repair;
Behold the King of glory die,

And read your peace and pardon there

2 Search into ev'ry open wound,

Trace the sharp scourge, the nails, the spear;
And full salvation will be found,

In golden letters written there.

3 No works of man to raise the sum,
Or pay the ransom, must be brought;
Helpless and poor to Jesus come,
Nor strive to bring a perfect thought.

4 Your faith, your hope and righteousness,
Are treasur'd up in him alone;

Your rich supplies of

grace and peace Spring from the works your Lord has done. 5 Hell opens her ten thousand graves, To swallow those that die in sin;

But all the

great Immanuel saves,

Heaven's open gates shall welcome in.
There shall the blood-bought armies go,
That trust the great Redeemer here;
The plant that buds with grace below,
Shall ripen into glory there.

385. L. M: Hill.

Kingdom of Christ....Psalm xlv. 3-5. 1 WHEN Jesus first, at heaven's command, Descended from his azure throne,

Attending angels join'd his praise, Who claim'd the kingdom for his own. [Hail, Immanuel! Immanuel we'll adore, And sound his fame from shore to shore.] 2 Girt with Omnipotence and grace, The pow'rs of darkness trembling stood, To hear the dire decree, and feel The vengeance of the mighty God." 3 Not with the sword that warriors wear, But with a sceptre dipt in blood,

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