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Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Lo, he comes with clouds descending, Once for ev’ry sinner slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of his train: Alleluia, alleluia! Christ the Lord returns to reign. 2 Ev’ry eye shall now behold him Robed in glorious majesty; Those who set at naught and sold him, Pierced and nailed him to the tree, Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall their true Messiah see. 3 Those dear tokens of his Passion Still his dazzling body bears, Cause of endless exultation To his ransomed worshipers. With what rapture, with what rapture, Gaze we on those glorious scars! 4 Yea, amen, let all adore thee, High on thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow'r and glory, Claim the kingdom for thine own. Alleluia, alleluia! Thou shalt reign, and thou alone! Used With Tune: PICARDY

Wake, awake, for night is flying

Author: Philipp Nicolai Meter: 8.9.8.8.9.8.6.6.4.4.4.8 Appears in 216 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Wake, awake, for night is flying: The watchmen on the heights are crying, Awake, Jerusalem, arise! Midnight's solemn hour is tolling, His chariot wheels are nearer rolling; He comes; prepare, ye virgins wise. Rise up; with willing feet Go forth, the Bridegroom meet; Hallelujah! Bear through the night your well-trimmed light. Speed forth to join the marriage rite. 2 Zion hears the watchmen singing, Her heart with deep delight is springing, At once she wakes, she hastens glorious, In grace arrayed, by truth victorious; Her grief is joy, her night is day: All hail, incarnate Lord, Our crown, and our reward! Hallelujah! We hast alone, in pomp of song, And gladsome join the marriage throng. 3 Hear Thy praise, O Lord, ascending From tongues of men and angels, blending With harp and lute and psaltery. By Thy pearly gates in wonder We stand, and swell the voice of thunder, In bursts of choral melody: No vision ever brought, No ear hath ever caught, Such bliss and joy: We raise the song, we swell the throng, To praise Thee ages all along. Used With Tune: [Wake, awake, for night is flying]

Hark, ten thousand harps and voices

Author: Rev. Thomas Kelly Appears in 671 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming of Used With Tune: [Hark, ten thousand harps and voices]

Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

Author: Rev. Johannes Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: Advent Of Christ ; The Church on Earth; Comfort; Coming to Christ; Conversion; Glory And Majesty Of God; Humility; Jerusalem; Kingdom of God; Peace and Rest; Warning Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort ye My people, Speak ye peace, thus saith our God; Comfort those who sit in darkness, Mourning 'neath their sorrow's load. Speak ye to Jerusalem Of the peace that waits for them; Tell her that her sins I cover, And her warfare now is over. 2 For the herald's voice is crying In the desert far and near, Bidding all men to repentance, Since the kingdom now is here. O that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way; Let the valleys rise to meet Him, And the hills bow down to greet Him. 3 Make ye straight what long was crooked, Make the rougher places plain; Let your hearts be true and humble, As befits His holy reign. For the glory of the Lord Now o'er earth is shed abroad; And all flesh shall see the token, That His Word is never broken. Used With Tune: THIRSTING

For all the saints who from their labours rest

Author: Bp. W. Walsham How, 1823-1897 Appears in 570 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labours rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be for ever blest. Alleluia! 2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; Thou in the darkness still their one true Light. Alleluia! 3 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win, with them, the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! 4 O blest communion! fellowship divine! We fight as they did, 'neath the holy sign; Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine. Alleluia! 5 And, when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph-song, And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! 6 The golden evening brightens in the west; Soon, soon, to faithful warriors comes their rest; Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest. Alleluia! 7 But lo; there breaks a yet more glorious day, The saints triumphant rise in bright array; The King of glory passes on His way; Alleluia! 8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

At the Name of Jesus

Author: Caroline M. Noel Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 253 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 At the name of Jesus Every knee shall bow, Every tongue confess Him King of Glory now. ’Tis the Father’s pleasure We should call Him Lord, Who from the beginning Was the mighty Word. 2 Humbled for a season To receive a name From the lips of sinners Unto whom He came; Faithfully He bore it, Spotless to the last, Brought it back victorious When from death He passed. 3 In your hearts enthrone Him; There let Him remove All that is not holy, All that is not true. Crown Him as your captain In temptation's hour; Let His will enfold you In its light and pow'r. 4 Watch, for this Lord Jesus Shall return again In His Father's glory, O'er the earth to reign; For the day is coming When each knee shall bow, And our hearts confess Him King of Glory now. Used With Tune: WYE VALLEY (abridged)

Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Author: James Montgomery; Rev. Bert Polman Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 843 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and the Last Judgment of Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN

When Peace like a River

Author: Horatio G. Spafford Meter: 11.8.11.9 with refrain Appears in 478 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Second Coming of First Line: When peace like a river attendeth my way Refrain First Line: It is well with my soul Lyrics: 1 When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, “It is well, it is well with my soul.” Refrain: It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul. 2 Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control, that Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, and hath shed his own blood for my soul. [Refrain] 3 Redeemed! Oh, the bliss of this glorious thought: My sin—not in part, but the whole— is nailed to his cross, and I bear it no more, praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! [Refrain] 4 And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, the clouds be rolled back as a scroll, the trumpet shall sound, and the Lord shall descend, even so, it is well with my soul. [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 48:17-18 Used With Tune: VILLE DU HAVRE Text Sources: Gospel Hymns, No. 2, 1876, alt.

Rejoice, rejoice, believers

Author: L. Laurenti Appears in 335 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, rejoice, believers, And let your lights appear! The evening is advancing, And darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising, And soon He draweth nigh; Up, pray, and watch and wrestle; At midnight comes the cry! 2 The watchers on the mountain Proclaim the Bridegroom near; Go meet Him as He cometh, With Hallelujahs clear. The marriage-feast is waiting, The gates wide open stand; Up, up ye heirs of glory; The Bridegroom is at hand! 3 Ye saints, who here in patience Their cross and sufferings bore, Shall live and reign for ever, When sorrow is no more. Around the throne of glory The Lamb ye shall behold, In triumph cast before Him Their diadems of gold! 4 Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear; Arise, Thou Sun so longed for, O'er this benighted sphere! With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption, That brings us unto Thee! Used With Tune: [Rejoice, rejoice, believers]

From Greenland's Icy Mountains

Author: Bishop Reginald Heber Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,680 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand, From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, Christ calls us to deliver His lands from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation Has learned Messiah's Name. 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign. Used With Tune: MISSIONARY HYMN