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With shouts of endless praise.

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HYMN 652, C. M.

Death dreadful, or delightful.
EATH!-'t is a melancholy day,
To those who have no God,-
When the poor soul is forced away,
To seek her last abode.

2 In vain, to heaven she lifts her eyes;-
But guilt, a heavy chain,

Still drags her downward from the skies,
To darkness, fire, and pain.

3 Awake, and mourn, ye heirs of woe!
Let stubborn sinners fear;
Why will ye sink to flames below,
And dwell for ever there?

4 See how the pit gapes wide for you,
And flashes in your face!

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And thou, my soul! look downward too,
And sing recovering grace.

HYMN 653, C. M.

Death and Judgment appointed to all.

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EAVEN has confirmed the dread decree,
That Adam's race must die;

One general ruin sweeps them down,
And low in dust they lie.

2 Ye living men! the tomb survey,
Where you must shortly dwell;

Hark! how the awful summons sounds,
In every funeral knell!

3 Once you must die-and once for all,-
The solemn purport weigh;

For know, that heaven and hell are hung
On that important day.

4 Those eyes, so long in darkness veiled,
Must wake the Judge to see;

And every word, and every thought,
Must pass his scrutiny.

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5 Oh! may I, in the Judge, behold
My Saviour and my Friend;
And, far above the reach of death,
With all thy saints ascend.

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JUDGMENT.

HYMN 654, 78.

Christ coming to save his People.
ARK-that shout of rapturous joy,
Bursting forth from yonder cloud!
Jesus comes-and, through the sky,
Angels tell their joy aloud.

2 Hark! the trumpet's awful voice
Sounds abroad through sea and land:
Let his people now rejoice,

Their redemption is at hand.

3 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.

4 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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HYMN 655, C. M.

God, the awful Judge.

SING to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts!

And thou, O earth! adore

Let death and hell, through all their coasts,
Stand trembling at his power.

2 His sounding chariot shakes the sky,
He makes the clouds his throne;
There all his stores of lightning lie,
Till vengeance darts them down.

3 Think, O my soul! the dreadful day,
When this incensed God

Shall rend the sky and burn the sea,
And send his wrath abroad.

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4 What shall the wretch, the sinner, do?
He once defied the Lord;

But he shall dread the Thunderer now,
And sirk beneath his word.

5 Tempests of angry fire shall roll,
To blast the rebel worm,

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And beat upon his naked soul,
In one eternal storm.

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HYMN 656, 8s, 7s and 4.

Christ coming to Judgment.

O! he comes, in clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain ; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of his train :

Hallelujah ;

Jesus shall for ever reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;

Those who set at nought, and sold him,

Pierced and nailed him to the tree,

Deeply wailing,

Shall the great Messiah see.

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Heaven, and earth shall flee away;

All who hate him, must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment !-

Come to judgment,-come away.
4 Now the Saviour, long-expected,
See, in solemn pomp, appear!
All his saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air:
Hallelujah!-

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HYMN 657, 8s, 7s and 4.

The Judgment welcomed.

O! he cometh,-countless trumpets Wake to life the slumbering dead: Mid ten thousand saints and angels, See their great exalted Head: Hallelujah!

Welcome, welcome, Son of God!

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Saints behold the Judge appear:
Truth and justice go before him-
Now the joyful sentence hear;
Hallelujah!-

Welcome, welcome, Judge divine!
Come, ye blesséd of my Father!
Enter into life and joy;
Banish all your fears and sorrows
Endless praise be your employ:'
Hallelujah!

Welcome, welcome to the skies.

THA

HYMN 658, C. M.

Everlasting Absence of God intolerable.
HAT awful day will surely come,
Th' appointed hour makes haste,—
When I must stand before my Judge,
And pass the solemn test.

2 Thou lovely Chief of all my joys!
Thou Sovereign of my heart!
How could I bear to hear thy voice
Pronounce the sound-Depart!

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And fix my doleful station, where
I must not taste his love!

4 Jesus! I throw my arms around,
And hang upon thy breast;

Without one gracious smile from thee,
My spirit cannot rest.

5 Oh! tell me that my worthless name
Is graven on thy hands;

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Show me some promise in thy book,
Where my salvation stands.

HYMN 659, C. M.

The Judgment anticipated.

WHEN, rising from the bed of death,

O'erwhelmed with guilt and fear,

I see my Maker face to face,

Oh! how shall I appear?

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2 If now, while pardon may be found,
And mercy may be sought,

My heart with inward horror shrinks,
And trembles at the thought;-

3 When thou, O Lord! shalt stand disclosed,
In majesty severe,

And sit in judgment on my soul,-
Oh! how shall I appear?

4 Then see my sorrows, gracious Lord!
Let mercy set me free;

While, in the confidence of prayer,
My heart takes hold of thee.

5 For never shall my soul despair
Thy mercy to procure;

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Since thy beloved Son has died,
To make that mercy sure.

HAR

HYMN 660, 8s, 7s and 4.

The Judgment Trumpet.

ARK!-the judgment trumpet sounding Rends the skies, and shakes the poles; Lo! the day, with wrath abounding, Breaks upon astonished souls:

Every creature

Now the awful Judge beholds.

2 Jesus, Captain of salvation,

Leads his armies down the skies
Every kindred, tribe and nation,
From the sleep of death, arise:
Heaven's loud summons

Fills the world with dread surprise.
3 Zion's King, his throne ascending,
Calls his saints before his face;
Crowns, with glory never-ending,
All the children of his grace :
Heaven shall echo ;-

Songs of triumph fill the place.

4 Look beneath, where hell is burning!
There the sons of darkness lie;
Hope to black despair is turning;
There the worm shall never die :
Careless sinner!-

Oh! to Jesus quickly fly.

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