ImfREJOICE, all ye believers, And soon He draweth nigh; f Up! pray and watch and wrestle; At midnight comes the cry! 2 mf See that your lamps are burning, 3 mf Ye wise and holy virgins, Now raise your voices higher, Till, in glad songs of jubilee, They meet the angel choir. The marriage-feast is waiting, The gates wide open stand; f Up! up! ye heirs of glory, The Bridegroom is at hand! 4 mf Our Hope and Expectation, O Jesus! now appear; cres Arise, Thou Sun, so longed-for, O'er this benighted sphere ! f With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption, That brings us unto Thee! Amen. If TEN thousand times ten thousand, Throng up the steeps of light: mf 'Tis finished! all is finished, Their fight with death and sin; f Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in. 2 ƒ What rush of hallelujahs Fills all the earth and sky! Bespeaks the triumph nigh! 3 mf Oh, then, what raptured greetings On Canaan's happy shore! What knitting severed friendships up Where partings are no more! f Then eyes with joy shall sparkle That brimmed with tears of late; cres Orphans no longer fatherless, Nor widows desolate. 4 Bring near Thy great salvation, Thou Lamb for sinners slain; cres Fill up the roll of Thine elect, f Then take Thy power, and reign: mf Appear, Desire of nations! Thine exiles long for home; cres Show in the heavens Thy promised sign; f Thou Prince and Saviour, come! Amen. H 1 THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see; And still in loneliness she waits, And still, in weeds of widowhood, She weeps, a mourner yet: cres Come, then, Lord Jesus, come! 2 Saint after saint on earth Has lived and loved and died; And, as they left us one by one, We laid them side by side; We laid them down to sleep, But not in hope forlorn, We laid them to await the change cres Till the last glorious morn: Come, then, Lord Jesus, come ! 3 mf We long to hear Thy voice, The absent Bridegroom mourn ? Should she not wear the weeds of grief Until the Lord return? cres Come, then, Lord Jesus, come! 4 The whole creation groans, And waits to hear that voice Which shall restore her comeliness cres And make her wastes rejoice. mf Come, Lord, and wipe away The curse, the sin, the stain, f And make this blighted world of ours Thine own fair world again : Come, then, Lord Jesus, come! Amen. IX.-HIS GLORY AND PRAISE. 7,6,7,6. D. ST. THEODULPH. Valet will ich dir geben, du arge falsche Welt. MELCHIOR TESCHNER. 120 "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise." 1 f ALL glory, laud, and honour To Thee, Redeemer, King! To whom the lips of children Made sweet hosannas ring. 2 mf Thou art the King of Israel, Thou, David's royal Son, Who in the Lord's name comest, 3 mfThe company of angels Are praising Thee on high; f All glory, &c. 4 mfThe people of the Hebrews With palms before Thee went ; Our praise and prayer and anthems Before Thee we present. f All glory, &c. 5 mfTo Thee, before Thy Passion, f All glory, &c. 6 mf Thou didst accept their praises; Accept the prayers we bring; Who in all good delightest, Thou good and gracious King. f All glory, &c. Amen. ST. HILDA. 8,7,8,7. D. JOSEPH BARNBY. d Amen. 121 "Who . when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." I mf HAIL, Thou once-despisèd Jesus! Hail, Thou Galilæan King! Thou didst suffer to release us; Thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, Thou glorious God and Saviour ! Thou hast borne our sin and shame; cres By Thy merits we find favour; Life is given through Thy name. 2 mf Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins were on Thee laid; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made. cres Every sin may be forgiven Through the virtue of Thy blood; f Opened is the gate of heaven; Peace is made 'twixt man and God. |