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The Heart Dejected Sighs To Know

Author: John Needham, ?-circa 1786 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12655 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 The heart dejected sighs to know, Why vice triumphant reigns below; Why saints have fall’n in every age, The victims of tyrannic rage. 2 Fast roll successive years away; Fast hastens on th’important day, When, to th’astonished world’s surprise, God’s high tribunal shall arise. 3 Hark! ’tis the trumpet’s piercing sound; The rising dead assemble round; In close procession, see, they come, Each to receive his final doom. 4 Lo! there, a vile, degenerate race; Pale terror sits on every face: Here, on the right, a joyful band, The sons of suffering virtue stand. 5 The sentence passed, lo! these arise To bliss and glory in the skies: While those, who once stood high in fame, Sink to contempt and lasting shame. 6 Thus shall God’s government appear Without a shade, divinely fair; And blushing doubt with joy confess, The Lord’s a God of righteousness. Languages: English Tune Title: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM

The heart, dejected, sighs to know

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #49 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 The heart, dejected, sighs to know, Why vice triumphant reigns below; Why saints have fall'n in ev'ry age, The victims of tyrannic rage. 2 Fast roll successive years away; Fast hastens on th' important day, When, to th' astonish'd world's surprise, God's high tribunal shall arise. 3 Hark, 'tis the trumpet's piercing sound; The rising dead assemble round; In close procession, see, they come, Each to receive his final doom. 4 Lo! there, a vile, degenerate race; Pale terror sits on ev'ry face: Here, on the right, a joyful band, The sons of suff'ring virtue stand. 5 The sentence pass'd, lo! these arise To bliss and glory in the skies: While those, who once stood high in fame, Sink to contempt, remorse, and shame. 6 Thus shall God's government appear Without a shade, divinely fair; And blushing doubts, with joy, confess, The Lord's a God of righteousness. Topics: Character and Perfections of God Languages: English