527. The Believer desiring to have a Place at the Right Hand of the Judge. 8-8-6.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand.—MAT. xxv. 31 to 33.

WHEN thou, my righteous judge, shalt

come

To fetch thy ransom'd people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at thy right hand?
2 I love to meet among them now,
Before thy gracious feet to bow,
Though vilest of them all:

But can I bear the piercing thought?
What if my name should be left out,
When thou for them shalt call?

3 Prevent, prevent it by thy grace';
JESUS, be thou my hiding-place,
In this th' accepted day:
To thy redeeming love I flee,
O may I stand complete in thee,
Nor let me fall, I pray.

4 Let me among thy saints be found Whene'er th archangel's trump shall To see thy smiling face: [sound,

Then loudest of the crowd I'll sing,
While heav'n's resounding mansions,
With shouts of sov'reign grace. [ring

528. The Blessedness of the Day of Judgment to Believers. 8s.

But he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.-ISAI. lxvi. 5.

FROM far I see the glorious day,
When he who bore our sins away,
Will all his majesty display.

2 "A man of sorrows" once he was;
No friend was found to plead his cause
For all preferr'd the world's applause.
3 He groan'd beneath sin's awful load:
For in the sinner's place he stood,
And died to bring him back to GOD.
4 But now he reigns with glory crown'd;
While angel hosts his throne surround;
And still his lofty praises sound.

5 To few on earth his praise is dear: And they who in his cause appear, The world's reproach and scorn must

bear.

46 But yet there is a day to come,

When he will seal the sinner's doom,
And take his mourning people home,

7 JESUS, thy name is all my boast; And tho' by waves of trouble tost, Thou wilt not let my soul be lost.o 8 Come then, come quickly from above; My soul impatient, longs to prove The depths of everlasting love. 1973

529. The Day of Judgment. 8—7—4. For he cometh to judge the earth.-PSAL. xcviii. 9.

JESUS comes by crowds attended,
Heav'n the dazzling train supplies,
Call the dead: the night is ended;
Bid the sleeping dust arise:
Let the ransom'd

Join the SAVIOUR in the skies.

2 This the day so long expected;

Shout, ye saints, and triumph now:
See your LORD, by man rejected:
Many crowns adorn his brow;
'Tis his triumph:

Ev'ry knee to him shall bow.

3 [While dismay on others seizes, '123, Go, and share your Master's joy. A Sound the sacred name of JESUS S Let his praise your tongues employ: Praise him, praise him!

Pleasures yours that never cloy

4 Yonder mansion fill'd with glory, A Is the place where JESUS reigns, Go, repeat the joyful story

Of his love, in rapt'rous strains ;'
For his people
Everlasting joy remains.

5 There around his throne assembling,
All his people see his face:

Here their joy was mix'd with trembling,
But in heav'n no fear has place,
Happy people!

Happy made by Sov'reign grace,

530. The Blessedness of the Day of Judgment to those who are in Christ.

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For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of GOD: and the dead in CHRIST shall rise first. -1 THES. iv. 16.

HARK that shout of rapt'rous joy,
Bursting forth from yonder cloud;
JESUS comes, and thro' the sky,'
Angels tell their joy aloud.

2 Now the world's duration ends:
Now the LORD will meet his foes:

These shall perish, but his friends
friends
Shall in heav'n obtain repose.

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3 Hark, the trumpet's awful voice,
Sounds abroad thro' sea and land;
Let his people now rejoice; k
Their redemption is at hand.
4 See the LORD appears in view:
Heav'n and earth before him fly:
Rise, ye saints, he comes for you:
Rise to meet him in the sky.

5 Go, and dwell with him above,
Where no foe can e'er molest:
Happy in the SAVIOUR'S love!
Blessing, and for ever blest.

HEAVEN.

531. The Assurance of Heaven the Believer's Consolation in Death. C. M.

The time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the LORD, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.-2 TIM. iv. 6, 8. DEATH may dissolve my body now, Aad bear my spirit home;

Why do my minutes move so slow,
Nor my salvation come?