A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748 • SECTION 48

Hymn 1:45. The last judgment, Rev. 21. 5-8.

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1 See where the great incarnate God Fills a majestic throne, While from the skies his awful voice Bears the last judgment down.

2 ["I am the first, and I the last, "Thro' endless years the same; "I AM is my memorial still, "And my eternal name.

3 "Such favours as a God can give "My royal grace bestows; "Ye thirsty souls come taste the streams "Where life and pleasure flows.]

4 ["The saint that triumphs o'er his sins, "I'll own him for a son, "The whole creation shall reward "The conquests he has won.

5 "But bloody hands and hearts unclean, "And all the lying race, "The faithless and the scoffing crew, "That spurn at offer'd grace,

6 "They shall be taken from my sight, "Bound fast in iron chains, "And headlong plung'd into the lake "Where fire and darkness reigns."

7 O may I stand before the Lamb, When earth and seas are fled! And hear the Judge pronounce my name With blessings on my head!

8 May I with those for ever dwell Who here were my delight, While sinners banish'd down to hell, No more offend my sight.

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