HYMN 45
C. M.
The last judgment. Rev. 21:5-8.
329 See where the great incarnate God Fills a majestic throne; While from the skies his awful voice Bears the last judgment down. | ["I am the first, and I the last, Through endless years the same; I AM is my memorial still, And my eternal name. | "Such favors as a God can give My royal grace bestows: Ye thirsty souls, come taste the streams, Where life and pleasure flows.] | ["The saint that triumphs o'er his sins, I'll own him for a son; The whole creation shall reward The conquests he has won. | "But bloody hands, and hearts unclean, And all the lying race, The faithless and the scoffing crew, That spurn at offered grace; | "They shall be taken from my sight, Bound fast in iron chains, And headlong plunged into the lake Where fire and darkness reigns."] | O may I stand before the Lamb, When earth and seas are fled! And hear the Judge pronounce my name, With blessings on my head! | May I with those for ever dwell Who here were my delight! While sinners, banished down to hell, No more offend my sight. | |