The New Jerusalem comes down,
Adorned with shining grace.
3 Attending angels shout for joy,
And the bright armies sing,
'Mortals, behold the sacred seat
Of your descending king.

4 The God of glory down to men
Removes his blessed abode ;
Men, the dear objects of his grace,
And he, the loving God.

5 His own soft hand shall wipe the tears
From every weeping eye;

And pains and groans, and griefs and fears,
And death itself, shall die."

6 How long, dear Savior, O how long
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.

324.

L. M.

ANONYMOUS.

The Same.

1 LIFT up your joyful eyes, and see
A plenteous harvest all around,
Ripening for bliss, and not a grain
Shall ever fall unto the ground:

2 A harvest of immortal souls,
Secured by an almighty power; ̧

Nor heat, nor cold, nor storms, shall hurt,
Nor ravenous beasts of prey devour.

SO happy day! when all our race
Complete in glory shall be found;
And like their great, their mystic head,
Be with eternal honors crowned.

1 IN God's eternity

There shall a day arise

H. BALLOU.

When all the race of man shall be
With Jesus in the skies.

2 As night before the rays
Of morning flees away,
Sin shall retire before the blaze
Of God's eternal day.

3 As music fills the grove

When stormy clouds are past,
Sweet anthems of redeeming love
Shall all employ at last.

4 Redeemed from death and sin,
Shall Adam's numerous race
A ceaseless song of praise begin,
And shout redeeming grace.

326.

7s M.

MONTGOMERY.

Jubilee of Christ's Universal Triumph.

1 HARK! the song of jubilee, Loud as mighty thunders roar,

Or the fulness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore :"Hallelujah! for the Lord

God omnipotent shall reign!"

Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2 Hallelujah! hark! the sound,

Heard through earth, and through the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:

See Jehovah's banner furled,

Sheathed his sword; he speaks, -'tis done! And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole
With illimitable sway;

He shall reign when, like a scroll,
Yonder heavens are passed away;
Then the end;-beneath his
Man's last enemy shall fall
Hallelujah! Christ in God,
God in Christ, is all in all.
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REDEMPTION, GRACE, and PARDON

327.

C. M.

*WATTS.

Surpassing Glories of Redemption.

1 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines!
How high thy wonders rise!

Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousands through the skies.

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power;
Their motions speak thy skill;

And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.

3 Part of thy name divinely stands
On all thy creatures writ;

They show the labor of thy hands,
The impress of thy feet.

4 But when we view thy grand design
To save rebellious worms,

Where wisdom, power, and goodness shine
In their most glorious forms,

5 Our thoughts are lost in reverend awe;
We love and we adore ;
The holy angels never saw
So much of God before.

6 O may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song;

Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.

328.

C. M.

WATTS.

Grace abounding over Sin.

1 WHY does your face, ye humble souls, Those mournful colors wear?

What doubts are these that waste your faith,
And nourish your despair?

2 What though your numerous sins exceed
The stars that fill the skies,
And, aiming at the eternal throne,
Like pointed mountains rise?

3 What though your mighty guilt beyond
The wide creation swell,

And hath its cursed foundations laid
Low as the deeps of hell?

4 See, here an endless ocean flows
Of never-failing grace!
Behold, a dying Savior's veins
The sacred flood increase!

5 It rises high, and drowns the hills,
Has neither shore nor bound:
Now, if we search to find our sins,
Our sins can ne'er be found.

6 Awake, our hearts, adore the grace
That buries all our faults,

And pardoning blood, that swells above
Our follies and our thoughts.