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Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
Author: Charles Wesley; Martin Madan; John Cennick Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Lo, He comes with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
God appears on earth to reign.
2 Every eye shall now behold Him,
Robed in dreadful 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 Now the Savior, long-expected,
See in solemn pomp appear.
All His saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
See the day of God appear.
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.
O come quickly! O come quickly!
Everlasting God, come down! Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
What If It Were Today?
Author: Lelia N. Morris Meter: Irregular Appears in 97 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: Jesus is coming to earth again Refrain First Line: Glory, glory! Joy to my heart 'twill bring Lyrics: 1 Jesus is coming to earth again -
What if it were today?
Coming in power and love to reign -
What if it were today?
Coming to claim His chosen Bride,
All the redeemed and purified,
Over this whole earth scattered wide -
What if it were today?
Refrain:
Glory, glory!
Joy to my heart 'twill bring;
Glory, glory!
When we shall crown Him King.
Glory, glory!
Haste to prepare the way;
Glory, glory!
Jesus will come someday.
2 Satan's dominion will then be o'er -
O that it were today!
Sorrow and sighing shall be no more -
O that it were today!
Then shall the dead in Christ arise,
Caught up to meet Him in the skies;
When shall these glories meet our eyes?
What if it were today? [Refrain]
3 Faithful and true would He find us here
If He should come today?
Watching in gladness and not in fear,
If He should come today?
Signs of His coming multiply,
Morning light breaks in eastern sky;
Watch, for the time is drawing nigh -
What if it were today? [Refrain] Used With Tune: SECOND COMING
What If It Were Today?
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)
At the Name of Jesus
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: ST. PHILIP (II)
For all the saints who from their labours rest
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying
Author: Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608; Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 Meter: Irregular Appears in 216 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ First Line: "Wake, awake, for night is flying" Lyrics: 1 "Wake, awake, for night is flying,"
The watchmen on the heights are crying;
"Awake, Jerusalem, arise!"
Midnight hears the welcome voices
And at the thrilling cry rejoices:
"Where are the virgins, pure and wise?
The bridegroom comes, awake!
Your lamps with gladness take!
Alleluia!
With bridal care
And faith's bold prayer,
To meet the bridegroom, come, prepare!"
2 Zion hears the watchmen singing,
And in her heart new joy is springing.
She wakes, she rises from her gloom.
For her Lord comes down all-glorious,
The strong in grace, in truth victorious.
Her star's arising light has come!
"Now come, O blessed one,
Lord Jesus, God's own Son.
Hail! Hosanna!
We answer all
In joy your call,
We follow to the wedding hall."
3 Now let all the heav'ns adore you,
Let saints and angels sing before you
With harp and cymbals' clearest tone.
Of one pearl each shining portal,
Where, joining with the choir immortal,
We gather round your radiant throne.
No eye has seen that light,
No ear the echoed might
Of your glory;
Yet there shall we
In your vict'ry
Sing shouts of praise eternally!
Used With Tune: WACHET AUF
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying
O'er the distant mountains breaking
Author: J.S.B. Monsell Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 113 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 O’er the distant mountains breaking,
Comes the reddening dawn of day;
Rise, my soul, from sleep awaking,
Rise, and sing, and watch, and pray;
’Tis thy Savior,
On His bright returning way.
2 O Thou Long-expected, weary
Waits my anxious soul for Thee,
Life is dark, and earth is dreary,
When Thy light I do not see;
O my Savior,
When wilt Thou return to me?
3 Nearer is my soul’s salvation,
Spent the night, the day at hand;
Keep me, in my lowly station,
Watching for Thee, till I stand,
O my Savior,
In Thy bright, Thy promised land.
4 With my lamp well trimmed and burning,
Swift to hear and slow to roam,
Watching for Thy glad returning
To restore me to my home.
Come, my Savior,
Thou hast promised, quickly come. Used With Tune: [O'er the distant mountains breaking]
O'er the distant mountains breaking
Jesus Is Coming Again
Author: John W. Peterson Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: Marvelous message we bring Refrain First Line: Coming again, coming again! Used With Tune: COMING AGAIN
Jesus Is Coming Again
Rejoice! Rejoice, Emmanuel
Author: Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 Appears in 509 hymnals Topics: Advent Second Coming of Christ; Second Coming of Christ First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
2 O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory o'er the grave,
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
3 O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine Advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight,
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
4 O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
5 O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, from Sinai's height,
In ancient time didst give the law
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL
Rejoice! Rejoice, Emmanuel
Light of those whose dreary dwelling
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 356 hymnals Topics: Advent (See Second Coming) Of Christ Lyrics: 1 Light of those whose dreary dwelling
Borders on the shades of death,
Come, and by Thy love's revealing
Dissipate the clouds beneath:
The new heaven and earth's Creator,
In our deepest darkness rise,
Scattering all the night of nature,
Pouring eyesight on our eyes.
2 Still we wait for Thine appearing;
Life and joy Thy beams impart,
Chasing all our fears, and cheering
Every poor benighted heart:
Come, and manifest the favour
God hath for our ransomed race;
Come, thou universal Saviour,
Come and bring the gospel grace.
3 Save us in Thy great compassion,
O Thou mild, pacific Prince!
Give the knowledge of salvation,
Give the pardon of our sins:
By Thy all-restoring merit
Every burdened soul release;
Every weary, wandering spirit
Guide into Thy perfect peace. Used With Tune: BETHANY
Light of those whose dreary dwelling
The morning light is breaking
Author: Dr. S. F. Smith, 1808-1895 Appears in 1,171 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 The morning light is breaking;
The darkness disappears;
The sons of earth are waking
To penitential tears.
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean
Brings tidings from afar,
Of nations in commotion,
Prepared for Zion's war.
2 See heathen nations bending
Before the God we love,
And thousand hearts ascending
In gratitude above;
While sinners, now confessing,
The gospel call obey,
And seek the Saviour's blessing,
A nation in a day.
3 Blest river of salvation,
Pursue thine onward way;
Flow thou to every nation,
Nor in thy richness stay;
Stay not till all the lowly
Triumphant reach their home;
Stay not till all the holy
Proclaim, "The Lord is come!" Used With Tune: WEBB
The morning light is breaking
Hark! ten thousand harps and voices
Author: T. Kelly Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 671 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Hark! ten thousand harps and voices
Sound the note of praise above!
Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices;
Jesus reigns, the God of love.
See, He sits on yonder throne;
Jesus rules the world alone.
2 Jesus, hail! Whose glory brightens
All above, and makes it fair;
Lord of life, Thy smile enlightens,
Cheers, and charms Thy people here.
When we think of love like Thine,
Lord, we own it love divine.
3 King of glory, reign forever;
Thine an everlasting crown:
Nothing from Thy love shall sever
Those whom Thou hast made Thine own:
Happy objects of Thy grace,
Destined to behold Thy face.
4 Savior, hasten Thine appearing;
Bring, O bring the glorious day,
When the awful summons hearing,
Heaven and earth shall pass away.
Then, with golden harps, we'll sing,
"Glory, glory,to our King." Used With Tune: [Hark! ten thousand harps and voices]
Hark! ten thousand harps and voices
Jesus comes with all His grace
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Jesus comes with all His grace,
Comes to save a fallen race;
Object of our glorious hope,
Jesus comes to lift us up.
2 He hath our salvation wrought,
He our captive souls hath bought;
He hath reconciled to God,
He hath washed us in His blood.
3 We are now His lawful right,
Walk as children of the light;
We shall soon obtain the grace,
Pure in Heart, to see His face.
4 We shall gain our calling's prize;
After God we all shall rise,
Filled with joy, and love, and peace,
Perfected in holiness.
5 Let us then rejoice in hope,
Steadily to Christ look up,
Trust to be redeemed from sin,
Wait till He appear within.
6 Hasten, Lord, the perfect day
Let Thy every servant say,
I have now obtained the power
Born of God, to sin no more. Used With Tune: VIENNA
Jesus comes with all His grace
Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes!
Author: Dr. Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Appears in 820 hymnals Topics: Advent (See Second Coming) Of Christ Lyrics: 1 Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes!
The Saviour promised long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
2 He comes! the prisoners to release,
Of sin's dread sickness healed;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron letter yield.
3 He comes! the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure;
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.
4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved name. Used With Tune: BYZANTIUM
Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes!
The Trees of the Field
Author: Steffie Geiser Rubin Meter: Irregular Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace Scripture: Isaiah 55:12 Used With Tune: THE TREES OF THE FIELD
The Trees of the Field
While We Are Waiting, Come
Author: Claire Cloninger Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ Used With Tune: WAITING
While We Are Waiting, Come
We Shall Behold Him
Author: Dottie Rambo Meter: Irregular Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: The sky shall unfold, preparing His entrance Used With Tune: WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
We Shall Behold Him
Lift Up Your Heads
Author: Steve Fry Meter: Irregular Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: Lift up your heads to the coming King Used With Tune: LIFT UP YOUR HEADS
Lift Up Your Heads
The King Is Coming
Author: Gloria Gaither; William J. Gaither; Charles Miilhuff Meter: Irregular Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: O the King is coming, the King is coming! Used With Tune: KING IS COMING
The King Is Coming
The Return Of Christ (A Worship Sequence)
Appears in 640 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: We do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep
The Return Of Christ (A Worship Sequence)
Last Judgment
Author: W. Gadsby Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Second Coming of Christ and Last Judgment First Line: With great and awful power Lyrics: 1 With great and awful power,
Jesus, the Judge, shall come,
To bid his foes depart,
And take his children home;
How will the wicked quake and fear,
When they before him must appear.
2 He comes, the world to judge,
Nor will he take a bribe;
His wrath none can escape,
But his beloved bride;
Millions will unto mountains call,
To hide them and upon them fall.
3 Poor soul, what is thy hope?
On what dost thou depend?
Art thou a stranger still
To Christ, the sinner’s Friend?
Soon thou must leave thy all below,
And then, O then, what wilt thou do?
4 Christians, lift up your heads;
Say, what has Jesus done?
His matchless grace to you
The Saviour has made known;
Yes, you shall all his glory see,
And from the second death be free.
Last Judgment
Coming Again
Author: Mosie Lister Meter: 5.5.5.5 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: Jesus is coming Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Used With Tune: COMING AGAIN
Coming Again
Therefore the Redeemed of the Lord
Author: Ruth Lake Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Everlasting Fellowship The Second Coming of Christ First Line: Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return Scripture: Isaiah 51:11 Used With Tune: LAKE
Therefore the Redeemed of the Lord
Hail to God's Own Anointed
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 843 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent; Biblical Characters David; Christian Year Advent; Christian Year Epiphany; Covenant; Freedom; God Sovereignty; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Son of God/Man (David); Jesus Christ Youth; Justice; Kingdom of God; Oppression; Prayer; Prisoner(s); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Salvation; Second Coming; Time; Vision/Dream; Water; Advent 1 Year A; Advent 2 Year A; Epiphany Year A; Epiphany 5 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A; Lent 4 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Advent 4 Year B; Epiphany Year B; Baptism of Jesus Year B; Proper 6 Year B; Proper 9 Year B; Proper 11 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Monday in Holy Week Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Hail to God's own anointed,
great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
God's reign on earth begun!
Christ comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free;
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
2 Christ comes with justice surely
to those who suffer wrong,
to help the poor and needy,
and bid the weak be strong,
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
whose souls, condemned and dying,
are precious in his sight.
3 Christ shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth,
and love, joy, hope, like flowers,
spring in his path to birth.
Before him on the mountains
shall peace, the herald, go,
and righteousness in fountains
from hill to valley flow.
4 To him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend,
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.
The tide of time shall never
his covenant remove.
His name shall stand for ever:
that name to us is Love.
Used With Tune: CRÜGER
Hail to God's Own Anointed
Christ Is Alive
Author: Brian Wren Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Easter; Good News, Gospel; Healing; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Truth and Way; Joy; Justice; Love; Music and Singing; Opening Hymns; Praise; Race Relations; Second Coming; Social Concerns; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 4 Year A; Ascension Year B; Easter 1 Year C First Line: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing Lyrics: 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing.
The cross stands empty to the sky.
Let streets and homes with praises ring.
Love, drowned in death, shall never die.
2 Christ is alive! No longer bound
to distant years in Palestine,
but saving, healing, here and now
and touching every place and time.
3 In every insult, rift, and war
where colour, scorn, or wealth divide,
Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,
and lives, where even hope has died.
4 Women and men, in age and youth,
can feel the Spirit, hear the call,
and find the way, the life, the truth,
revealed in Jesus, freed for all.
5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring
good news to this and every age,
till earth and sky and ocean ring
with joy, with justice, love and praise.
Used With Tune: TRURO
Christ Is Alive
The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns (El Rey Vendrá al Amanecer)
Author: John Brownlie, 1857-1925; Dimas Planas-Belfort, 1934-1992 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: Advent Season; Tiempo de Advento; Solemnities of the Lord Christ the King; Solemnidades del Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo; Esperanza; Hope; Eternal Life; Vida Eterna; Mañana; Morning; Petition/Prayer; Súplica/Oración; Second Coming; Segunda Venida Scripture: Psalm 96:13-14 Used With Tune: MORNING SONG
The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns (El Rey Vendrá al Amanecer)
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 742 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Reign of Christ; Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Christian Year Christ the King/Reign of Christ; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Hope; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Exaltation; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Praise; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Joy; Judgment; Kingdom of God; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Responses Antiphonal; Saints; Salvation; Second Coming; Thankfulness; Worship; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Easter 6 Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Epiphany 4 Year B; Epiphany 8 Year B; Proper 5 Year B; Proper 6 Year B; Proper 12 Year B; Proper 27 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 6 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Thanksgiving Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: Rejoice, the Lord is King! Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Your risen Lord adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing
and triumph evermore:
[Refrain:]
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice; again I say, rejoice!
2 Jesus the Saviour reigns,
the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our sins,
he took his seat above. [Refrain]
3 God's kingdom cannot fail;
Christ rules o'er earth and heaven;
the keys of death and hell
are to our Jesus given. [Refrain]
4 Rejoice in glorious hope,
for Christ, the Judge, shall come
to glorify the saints
for their eternal home:
We then shall hear the archangel's voice;
the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! Used With Tune: DARWALL
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Crown Him with Many Crowns (Al Salvador Jesús)
Author: Matthew Bridges, 1800-1894; Godfrey Thring; E. A. Strange Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 798 hymnals Topics: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord; Domingo de Ramos en la Pasión del Señor; Easter Season; Tiempo de Pascua; Ascension of the Lord; Ascensión del Señor; Solemnities of the Lord Christ the King; Solemnidades del Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo; Alabanza; Praise; Canción; Song; Cordero de Dios; Lamb of God; Despedida; Sending Forth; Gathering; Reunión, Entrada; Life; Vida; Majestad y Poder; Majesty and Power; Mesiánico; Messianic; Misterio Pascual; Paschal Mystery; Paz; Peace; Salvación; Salvation; Second Coming; Segunda Venida Scripture: Psalm 46:10 Used With Tune: DIADEMATA Text Sources: Tr. sts. 1, 3-5, anonymous
Crown Him with Many Crowns (Al Salvador Jesús)
The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow
Author: John Milton, 1608-1684 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and the Last Judgment of Lyrics: 1 The Lord will come and not be slow,
his footsteps cannot err;
before him righteousness shall go,
his royal harbinger.
2 Truth from the earth, like to a flow'r,
shall bud and blossom then,
and justice, from her heav'nly bow'r,
look down on mortal men.
3 Rise, God, and judge the earth in might,
this wicked earth redress;
for you are he who shall by right
the nations all possess.
4 For great you are, and wonders great
by your strong hand are done:
you, in your everlasting seat,
remain the Lord alone. Scripture: Psalm 82:8 Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS
The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Author: John Mason Neale; Aurelius Clemens Prudentius Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Adoration and Praise; Angels; Christian Year Advent; Christian Year Christmas; Creation; God Creator; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Divinity; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Music and Singing; Mystery; Praise; Prophets; Redemption; Second Coming; Service Music Doxologies; Testimony; Trinity; Word of God; Worship; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Day 1 Year A; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Christmas 2 Year A; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year A; Proper 13 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Advent 2 Year B; Advent 4 Year B; Christmas Day 2 Year B; Christmas Day 2 Year B; Christmas 2 Year B; All Saints Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C; Baptism of Jesus Year C; Easter 4 Year C; Proper 28 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten,
ere the worlds began to be,
Christ is Alpha and Omega,
Christ the source, the ending he,
of the things that are and have been,
and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.
2 At his word the worlds were framed.
He commanded, it was done:
heaven and earth and depths of ocean
in their threefold order one;
all that grows beneath the shining
of the moon and burning sun,
evermore and evermore.
3 O that birth for ever blessèd!
When the Virgin, full of grace,
by the Holy Ghost conceiving,
bare the Saviour of our race,
and the babe, the world's redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face,
evermore and evermore.
4 This is he whom seers in old time
chanted of with one accord,
whom the voices of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long-expected;
let creation praise its Lord,
evermore and evermore.
5 O ye heights of heaven, adore him;
angel hosts, his praises sing;
powers, dominions, bow before him,
and extol our God and King;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice in concert ring,
evermore and evermore.
6 Christ, to thee with God most blessèd,
and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving,
and unwearied praises be,
honour, glory, and dominion
and eternal victory,
evermore and evermore. Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Rejoice, all ye believers
Author: Sarah B. Findlater; Laurentius Laurenti Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 335 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and Judgment of Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, all ye 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 See that your lamps are burning;
Replenish them with oil;
And wait for your salvation,
The end of earthly toil.
The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near,
Go meet him as he cometh,
With Alleluias clear.
3 Ye saints, who here in patience
Your cross and suff'rings 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
Your 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.
Amen. Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE
Rejoice, all ye believers
Day of judgment! day of wonders!
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 341 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and Judgment of Lyrics: 1 Day of judgment! day of wonders!
Hark! the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round.
How the summons
Will the sinner's heart confound!
2 See the Judge, our nature wearing,
Clothed in majesty divine;
You who long for his appearing
Then shall say, This God is mine!
Gracious Saviour,
Own me in that day as thine.
3 At his call the dead awaken,
Rise to life from earth and sea;
All the pow'r of nature, shaken
By his looks, prepare to flee.
Careless sinner,
What will then become of thee?
4 But to those who have confessed,
Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say, Come near, ye blessed,
See the kingdom I bestow;
You for ever
Shall my love and glory know.
Amen. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:52 Used With Tune: ST. AUSTIN
Day of judgment! day of wonders!
Great God, what do I see and hear!
Author: Thomas Cotterill; Anon.; William B. Collyer Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 296 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and Judgment of Lyrics: 1 Great God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The Judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated!
The trumpet sounds; the graves restore
The dead which they contained before:
Prepare, my soul, to meet him.
2 The dead in Christ shall first arise,
At the last trumpet's sounding,
Caught up to meet him in the skies,
With joy their Lord surrounding;
No gloomy fears their souls dismay;
His presence sheds eternal day
On those prepared to meet him.
3 But sinners, filled with guilty fears,
Behold his wrath prevailing;
For they shall rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing:
The day of grace is past and gone;
Trembling they stand before the throne,
All unprepared to meet him.
4 Great God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The Judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated!
Beneath his cross I view the day
When heav'n and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepare to meet him.
Amen. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Used With Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN
Great God, what do I see and hear!
Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come
Author: J. Walther Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come;
Ye wedding-guests, draw near,And slumber not in sin when He,
The Son of God, is here.
With lamps alight and oil in store,
let every guest advance,
Nor shrink ashamed in trembling awe
From His bright countenance.
2 Come, let us haste to meet our Lord,
And hail Him with delight,
Who saved us by His precious blood
And sorrows infinite:
Beside Him all the patriarchs old
And holy prophets stand,
The glorious apostolic choir,
The noble martyr-band.
3 As brethren dear they welcome us,
And lead us to the throne,
Where angels bow their veiléd heads
Before the Three in One,
Where we, with all the saints of Christ,
A white-robed multitude,
Shall praise the ascended Lord, who deigns
To wear our flesh and blood.
4 His gracious hand will ope for us
The gates of paradise,
And spread the glories of His heaven
Before our dazzled eyes:
Our lot will be for aye to share
His reign of peace above,
And drink with unexhausted joy
The river of His love. Used With Tune: [Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come]
Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace
Author: Mary Ann Thomson Meter: 11.10.11.10.9.11 Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions; Christ Second Coming, His; Missions First Line: O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling Lyrics: 1 O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling,
To tell to all the world that God is Light,
That He who made all nations is not willing
One soul should perish, lost in shades of night.
Refrain:
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
2 Behold how many thousands still are lying
Bound in the darksome prison house of sin,
With none to tell them of the Saviour's dying,
Or of the life He died for them to win. [Refrain]
3 Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation
That God, in whom they live and move, is Love:
Tell how He stooped to save His lost creation,
And died on earth that man might live above. [Refrain]
4 He comes again: O Zion, ere thou meet Him,
Make known to every heart His saving grace;
Let none whom He hath ransomed fail to greet Him,
Through thy neglect, unfit to see His face. [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: ANGELIC SONGS
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace
Magnificat
Meter: Irregular Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ First Line: Magnificat, Magnificat Scripture: Luke 1:46 Used With Tune: MAGNIFICAT
Magnificat
O Holy Father, who in tender love
Author: Bp. E. H. Bickersteth, 1825-1906 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Advent Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 O Holy Father, who in tender love
Didst give Thine only Son for us to die,
The while He pleads at Thy right hand above,
We in One Spirit now with faith draw nigh,
And, as we eat this Bread and drink this Wine,
Plead His once offered Sacrifice Divine.
2 We are not worthy to be called Thy sons,
Nor gather up the fragments of Thy feast;
Yet look on us, Thy sorrowing contrite ones,
On us in Him our Advocate and Priest,
Whose robe is fringed with mercy's golden bells,
Whose breastplate fathomless compassion tells.
3 O hear us, For Thou always hearest Him;
Behold us sprinkled with His precious blood;
And from between the shadowing cherubim
Shine forth, and grant us in this heavenly food
Foretastes of coming glory, and meanwhile
A Father's blessing and a Father's smile.
4 Nor only, Father, in Thy presence here
Low at Thy footstool for ourselves we pray,
But for the loved ones to our hearts most near
At home or toiling in far lands away;
O guard them, guide them, comfort and befriend,
And keep them Thine unfaltering to the end.
5 And, Father, ere we leave Thy mercy-throne,
Bound by these sacred pledges, yet most free,
We give our hearts, and not our hearts alone,
But all we are and all we have to thee;
Glad free-will offerings all our pilgrim days,
Hereafter an eternity of praise. Used With Tune: UNDE ET MEMORES
O Holy Father, who in tender love
Le Veremos
Author: Dottie Rambo; S. A. Linares M.; E. Sywulka B. Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Second Coming of Christ First Line: Los cielos se abren con gloria indecible Refrain First Line: ¡Vendrá Jesucristo y le veremos Scripture: 1 John 3:1-3 Used With Tune: WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
Le Veremos
The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us
Author: F. Samuel Janzow, b. 1913; Johann Walter, 1496-1570 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Second Coming of Christ Used With Tune: ACH GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE
The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us
Floating o'er Judea's plains
Author: Dr. A. D. Watson, 1859- Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Advent Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 Floating o'er Judea's plains,
And down the echoing height,
Hark, the love-evangel strains
Are blending with the night,
Angel voices from the sky
With music fill each vale and glen:
"Glory be to God on high,
On earth, good will to men."
2 Still is heard the shepherd's quest
That rose to Bethlehem's walls,
Burdened with a great unrest,
The world for Christ still calls,
From the vales and hills He trod,
Still rings the song that ne'er shall cease:
"Glory, glory be to God,
To men, good will and peace."
3 Evermore that wondrous strain
The door of hope unbars,
Whether in the cloistered fane
Or 'neath the Syrian stars,
Sing the joy-notes once again,
And let them echo to the sky:
"Peace on earth, good will to men,
Glory to God on high."
4 Angel harps, our souls inspire
With grace to conquer wrong,
Fill us with a deep desire
To live the angel song,
Till the life of love be found
In every land beneath the sky,
Till the whole wide world resound:
"Glory to God on high."
Used With Tune: SYRIAN STARS
Floating o'er Judea's plains
I Know Whom I Have Believed
Author: El Nathan Appears in 274 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming of Christ First Line: I know not why God's wondrous grace Refrain First Line: But "I know whom I have believed
I Know Whom I Have Believed
Christ Is Coming!
Author: John Ross Macduff Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 117 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and the Last Judgment of First Line: Christ is coming! Let creation Lyrics: 1 Christ is coming! Let creation
from her groans and travail cease;
let the glorious proclamation
hope restore and faith increase:
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, thou blessed Prince of Peace.
2 Earth can now but tell the story
of thy bitter cross and pain;
she shall yet behold thy glory,
when thou comest back to reign:
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Let each heart repeat the strain.
3 Long thine exiles have been pining,
far from rest, and home, and thee:
but, in heav'nly vestures shining,
they their loving Lord shall see:
Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Haste the joyous jubilee.
4 With that blessed hope before us,
let no harp remain unstrung;
let the mighty advent chorus
onward roll from tongue to tongue:
"Christ is coming! Christ is coming!
Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come!"
Scripture: Romans 8:19-22 Used With Tune: NEANDER
Christ Is Coming!
O Lord, how shall I meet thee
Author: Paul Gerhardt Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and Judgment of Lyrics: 1 O Lord, how shall I meet thee,
How welcome thee aright?
Thy people long to greet thee,
My Hope, my heart's Delight!
O, kindle, Lord, most holy,
Thy lamp within my breast
To do in spirit lowly
All that may please thee best.
2 Love caused thine incarnation,
Love brought thee down to me;
Thy thirst for my salvation
Procured my liberty.
O love beyond all telling,
That led thee to embrace,
In love all love excelling,
Our lost and fallen race!
3.Rejoice, then, ye sad-hearted,
Who sit in deepest gloom,
Who mourn o'er joys departed
And tremble at your doom.
Despair not, he is near you,
Yea, standing at the door,
Who best can help and cheer you
And bids you weep no more.
4 Sin's debt, that fearful burden,
Let not your soul distress;
Your guilt the Lord will pardon
And cover by his grace.
He comes, for men procuring
The peace of sin forgiv'n,
For all God's sons securing
Their heritage in heav'n.
Amen. Scripture: Matthew 25:6 Used With Tune: ST. THEODULPH Text Sources: Tr. composite
O Lord, how shall I meet thee
A hymn of glory let us sing
Author: The Venerable Bede, 673-735; Benjamin Webb Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and Judgment of Lyrics: 1 A hymn of glory let us sing;
New songs thro'out the world shall ring:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Christ, by a road before untrod,
Ascendeth to the throne of God.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 The holy apostolic band
Upon the Mount of Olives stand;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
And with his followers they see
Jesus' resplendent majesty.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 To whom the angels, drawing nigh,
"Why stand and gaze upon the sky?
Alleluia! Alleluia!
This is the Saviour," thus they say;
"This is his noble triumph day."
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 "Again shall ye behold him so
As ye today have seen him go,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
In glorious pomp ascending high,
Up to the portals of the sky."
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Amen. Scripture: Acts 1:11 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
A hymn of glory let us sing
That day of wrath, that dreadful day
Author: Thomas of Celano Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 347 hymnals Topics: Second Coming of Christ Lyrics: 1 That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
When heaven and earth shall pass away,
What power shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?
2 When, shriveling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Resounds the trump that wakes the dead;
3 O on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away. Used With Tune: [That day of wrath, that dreadful day]
That day of wrath, that dreadful day
The Eternal Judgment
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming of First Line: The mighty God, the Lord Lyrics: 1 The mighty God, the Lord,
Has spoken unto all;
From rising to the setting sun
The nations hear His call.
2 From Zion, His abode
Where perfect beauty dwells,
The Lord His glory has displayed
In brightness that excels.
3 Our God shall surely come,
Nor silence shall He keep;
Devouring fire shall herald Him,
About Him storms shall sweep.
4 Then to the heav'ns above
He from His throne shall call,
The earth His kingly voice shall hear
He is the Judge of all.
5 Let all my chosen saints
Before Me gathered be,
Those that by sacrifice have sealed
Their promise unto Me.
6 Then shall the heavens declare
His righteousness abroad,
Because the Lord Himself is Judge,
Yea, none is Judge, but God. Scripture: Psalm 50 Used With Tune: BOYLSTON
The Eternal Judgment
Lo, What a Glorious Sight Appeared
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 286 hymnals Topics: Christ Second Coming and the Last Judgment of Lyrics: 1 Lo! what a glorious sight appeared
before admiring eyes:
the former things all passed away,
the former earth and skies.
From heav’n the new Jerus'lem came,
for Christ, as bride prepared.
A voice resounding from the throne
these wondrous things declared:
2 "Now God has come to dwell with men,
and moved his blest abode.
His people they shall be at last,
and he shall be their God.
His gracious hand shall wipe the tears
from ev'ry weeping eye,
for pain and grief shall be no more,
and death itself shall die."
3 The One who sat upon the throne
said, "I make all things new!
Write down the words that you have heard,
for they are firm and true.
It is all done, and by my pow'r
is paradise restored.
I am the First, and I the Last,
the one eternal Lord.
4 "Come, all who thirst! To you I will
my healing water give.
Drink from my fountain without price
and so forever live.
Blest is the man who, conquering,
his heritage has won,
for I will be his faithful God
and he shall be my son.
5 "As for the vile and faithless ones,
those who my will defy
are thrown into the burning lake,
and death itself shall die."
We, too, shall stand before the throne;
then shall our names be found
recorded in the Book of Life.
How shall our joy abound! Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8 Used With Tune: ST. MATTHEW
Lo, What a Glorious Sight Appeared
Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Signs of Christ's coming; Gentiles owning the true God; God his power and majesty; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Jehovah reigns; Christ first and second coming, or his incarnation, kingdom, and judgment Lyrics:
Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of every tongue;
His new-discovered grace demands
A new and nobler song.
Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son;
His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.
Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea:
Ye mountains, sink; ye valleys, rise;
Prepare the Lord his way.
Behold, he comes, he comes to bless
The nations as their God;
To show the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.
But when his voice shall raise the dead,
And bid the world draw near,
How will the guilty nations dread
To see their Judge appear!
Scripture: Psalm 96:10-13
Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands
Once in Royal David's City
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 407 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year C; Annunciation; Biblical Characters David; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Children Praising; Christian Year Christmas; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Example; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Obedience; Second Coming; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Christmas 2 Year A; Epiphany Year A; Epiphany 5 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A; Advent 4 Year B; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas 1 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Christmas 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city
stood a lowly cattle-shed,
where a mother laid her baby
in a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
2 He came down to earth from heaven,
who, with God is over all,
and his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall.
There among the poor and lowly
lived on earth our Saviour holy.
3 For he is our lifelong pattern;
daily, when on earth he grew;
he was tempted, scorned, rejected,
tears and smiles like us he knew.
Thus he feels for all our sadness,
and he shares in all our gladness.
4 And our eyes at last shall see him,
through his own redeeming love;
for that child who seemed so helpless
is our Lord in heaven above;
and he leads his children on
to the place where he is gone. Used With Tune: IRBY
Once in Royal David's City
What Wondrous Love Is This
Author: Claude Rozier Meter: 12.9.12.9 Appears in 252 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Comfort/Consolation; Eternal Life; Forgiveness; Funerals and Memorial Services; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Joy; Love; Music and Singing; Redemption; Salvation; Second Coming; World; Lent 2 Year A; Proper 17 Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Lent 4 Year B; Proper 28 Year B; Epiphany 8 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC; Holy thursday Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul (Ô merveilleux amour pour ma vie) Lyrics: 1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul.
2 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of life
to lay aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
to lay aside his crown for my soul.
3 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing:
to God and to the Lamb who is the great I AM,
while millions join the theme I will sing, I will sing;
while millions join the theme I will sing.
4 And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And through eternity I’ll sing on. Used With Tune: WONDROUS LOVE Text Sources: American folk hymn, ca. 1811
What Wondrous Love Is This
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
Author: Gerard Moultrie; G. de Lioncourt Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 172 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship Holy Communion; liturgical Communion Songs; Adoration and Praise; Angels; Christian Year Advent; Deliverance; God Holiness; God Mystery; Hallelujah; Humility; Jesus Christ High Priest; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Light; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Mystery; Redemption; Second Coming; Worship; Advent 1 Year A; Advent 3 Year A; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Advent 3 Year B; Christmas 1 Year B; Epiphany 9 Year B; Trinity Sunday Year B; Trinity Sunday Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Advent 2 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Proper 21 Year C Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with awe and reverence stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to us approacheth
our full homage to demand.
2 King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth he stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the body and the blood,
he will give to all the faithful
his own self for heavenly food.
3 Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way.
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.
4 At his feet the six-winged seraph;
cherubim with sleepless eye
veil their faces to the presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, Lord Most High! Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
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