Saints, Behold The Mighty Angel

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Saints, behold the mighty angel

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: ST. AUSTIN (55546)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Saints, behold the mighty angel,
Standing on the earth and sea;
Lo, his hand he lifts to Heaven,
Swears that time no more shall be:
Awful moment,
Where shall now the sinner flee?

2 Short is time, e’en at the longest,
Man’s frail life is shorter still;
All his days are full of sorrow,
That will soon their course fulfil:
Happy mortal,
Who performs his Maker’s will.

3 May the awful hour approaching,
Sink within my thoughtless mind,
So that when l hence am summoned,
Cheerful I may feel resigned:
At that moment,
Let me, Lord, Thy mercy find!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15818

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Saints, behold the mighty angel
Title:	Saints, Behold The Mighty Angel
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.7.8.7.4.7
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain