2 3 4 5 Once they were mourning here below, I ask them whence their victory came; Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, They mark'd the footsteps that he trod, Our glorious Leader claims our praise, For his own pattern given; HYMN 250. "These are they which came out of great tri bulation," EXALTED high at God's right hand, 1 With glory crown'd, in white array, 3 What are their names, and whence came they? Through tribulation great they came; They bore the cross, and scorn'd the shame; In God they dwell, and on him rest. 4 5 1 2 3 4 Hunger they ne'er shall feel again, By God, the Lamb, for ever fed. Jesus, the Saviour, is their theme; HYMN 251. The heavenly Jerusalem. JERUSALEM ! my happy home! When shall my labours have an end, O when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend, Where congregations ne'er break up,' And sabbaths never end? There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes Why should I shrink at pain and woe, I've Canaan's goodly land in view, 5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there Around my Saviour stand; And soon my friends in Christ below:- 6 1 2 3 Jerusalem! my happy home! HYMN 252. "Set your affections on things above." RISE, my soul, and spread thy wings, Towards heaven, thy native place: Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Both speed them to their source: Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn, Soon your Saviour will return All your sorrows left below, And earth exchang'd for heaven. 1 2 1 2 HYMN 253. The future peace and glory of the Church. HEAR what God the Lord hath spoken: "O my people, faint and few; "Comfortless, afflicted, broken, "Fair abodes I build for you: "Thorns of heart-felt tribulation "Shall no more perplex your ways; "You shall name your walls, salvation, · "And your gates shall all be praise. "Ye no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see; But, your griefs for ever ending, "Find eternal noon in me: 66 66 66 "God shall rise, and shining o'er you, 66 HYMN 254. The dying christian. "SPIRIT-leave thine house of clay! 3 Grave-the guardian of our dust! Rests in hope again to rise! HYMN 255. Christ's second coming. 1 THE Lord shall come! the earth shall quake, 2 The Lord shall come! but not the same 3 The Lord shall come! a dreadful form, 4 Can this be he, who wont to stray, 5 While sinners in despair shall call, Shall joyful cry "The Lord is come!" |