Come, O thou mighty Saviour, We look for thine appearing; Descend, we pray, Thy love display, Our waiting spirits cheering.
2 Come, clothed with glorious power; Let all thy saints adore thee, And let thy word, The Spirit’s sword, Subdue thy foes before thee.
3 May every heart with gladness, Thine offered grace receiving, Now cease from sin, And pure within, Have peace, in thee believing.
4 Then, when thou comest to judgment, On flying clouds descending, May we rejoice When, at thy voice, The solid earth is rending.
599 7s. I, the Lord, will hasten it in his time. Isaiah 60:22.
Hasten, Lord! the glorious time, When, beneath Messiah’s sway, Every nation, every clime, Shall the gospel call obey.
2 Mightiest kings his power shall own, Heathen tribes his name adore; Satan and his host, o’erthrown, Bound in chains shall hurt no more.
3 Then shall wars and tumults cease, Then be banished grief and pain; Righteousness, and joy, and peace, Undisturbed shall ever reign.
4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord! Ever praise his glorious name; All his mighty acts record, All his wondrous love proclaim.
600 7s, double. Rev. 19:6.
Hark! the song of Jubilee, Loud as mighty thunders roar, Or the fullness of the sea, When it breaks upon the shore! Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent, shall reign! Hallelujah! let the word Echo round the earth and main.
2 Hallelujah! hark, the sound, From the depths unto the skies, Wakes above, beneath, around, All creation’s harmonies! See Jehovah’s banner furled, Sheathed his sword; he speaks—’tis done! And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of his Son!
3 He shall reign from pole to pole, With illimitable sway; He shall reign, when like a scroll Yonder heavens have passed away. Then the end: beneath his rod Man’s last enemy shall fall: Hallelujah! Christ in God, God in Christ, is all in all!
601 8s & 7s. Future peace and glory of the church.
Hear what God, the Lord, hath spoken: O my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you; Scenes of heartfelt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways; You shall name your walls salvation, And your gates shall all be praise.
2 There, like streams that feed the garden, Pleasures without end shall flow; For the Lord, your faith rewarding, All his bounty shall bestow; Still in undisturbed possession Peace and righteousness shall reign; Never shall you feel oppression, Hear the voice of war again.
3 You, no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see; But, your griefs for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me; God shall rise, and shining o’er you, Change to day the gloom of night; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, God your everlasting light.
602 8s, 7s & 4s. The day-spring. Luke 1:78.
Christian! see! the orient morning Breaks along the heathen sky; Lo! the expected day is dawning— Glorious day-spring from on high; Hallelujah!— Hail the day-spring from on high!
2 Heathens at the sight are singing; Morning wakes the tuneful lays; Precious offerings they are bringing— First-fruits of more perfect praise; Hallelujah!— Hail the day-spring from on high!
3 Zion’s Sun—salvation beaming— Gilding now the radiant hills— Rise and shine, till brighter gleaming, All the world thy glory fills; Hallelujah!— Hail the day-spring from on high!
4 Lord of every tribe and nation! Spread thy truth from pole to pole; Spread the light of thy salvation Till it shine on every soul; Hallelujah!— Hail the day-spring from on high!
603 8s, 7s & 4s. Encouraging prospects.
Yes, we trust the day is breaking; Joyful times are near at hand; God, the mighty God, is speaking, By his word, in every land: When he chooses, Darkness flies at his command.
2 While the foe becomes more daring, While he enters like a flood, God, the Saviour, is preparing Means to spread his truth abroad: Every language Soon shall tell the love of God.
3 O, ’tis pleasant, ’tis reviving To our hearts, to hear, each day, Joyful news, from far arriving, How the gospel wins its way; Those enlightening Who in death and darkness lay.
4 God of Jacob, high and glorious, Let thy people see thy hand; Let the gospel be victorious, Through the world, in every land; Then shall idols Perish, Lord, at thy command.
604 8s, 7s & 4s. How beautiful on the mountains. Isaiah 52:7.
In the mountain’s top appearing, Lo! the sacred herald stands, Welcome news to Zion is bearing— Zion long in hostile lands: Mourning captive, God himself will loose thy bands.