The graves their ancient charge shall yield,
And earth's foundation shake.

3 The saints of God, from death set free,
With joy shall mount on high;
The heavenly host with praises loud,
Shall meet them in the sky.

4 Together to their Father's house,
With joyful hearts they go,
And dwell for ever with the Lord,
Beyond the reach of woe.

5 A few short years of evil passed,
We reach the happy shore,
Where death-divided friends at last
Shall meet to part no more.

1 THOU Judge of quick and dead,
Before whose bar severe,
With holy joy, or guilty dread,
We all shall soon appear!-

2 Our anxious souls prepare

For that tremendous day;

And fill us now with watchful care,

And stir us up to pray;—

S. M.

3 To pray and wait the hour,

That awful hour unknown,
When, robed in majesty and power,
Thou shalt from heaven come down.

4 0, may we all be found

Obedient to thy word,

Attentive to the trumpet's sound,
And looking for our Lord!

5 0, may we all insure

A home among the blest;

And watch a moment to secure

An everlasting rest!

494

"I know whom I have Believed." L. M. 6 lines.

1 My Saviour! can it ever be,

And wilt thou deign to smile on me?
Yes! thou wilt own me on that day,-
Thou wilt not cast my soul away:
I know in whom I have believed;
I know by whom I am received.

2 'Tis even so, my dying Lord!
Cleansed by thine all-atoning blood,
I venture to believe, that day,

When heaven and earth shall pass away,
Will bring me bliss without alloy,
And consummate and crown my joy.

495

Luther's Judgment Hymn. 7s & 8s Peculiar.

1 GREAT God! what do I see and hear!

The end of things created!
Behold the Judge of man 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!

Behold the Judge of man appear,
On clouds of glory seated:

Low at his cross I wait the day

When heaven and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepare to meet Him.

496

HEAVEN.

The Everlasting Song.

1 EARTH has engrossed my love too long;
'Tis time I lift my eyes

Upward, dear Father, to thy throne,
And to my native skies.

2 There the blest Man, my Saviour, sits;
The God! how bright he shines!
And scatters infinite delights

On all the happy minds.

3 Seraphs, with elevated strains,
Circle the throne around;

And move and charm the starry plains
With an immortal sound.

4 Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs;
Jesus, thy love they sing;
Jesus, the life of all our joys,

Sounds sweet from every string.

5 Now let me mount and join their song, And be an angel too;

C. M.

My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue,—
Here's joyful work for you.

5 I would begin the music here,
And so my soul should rise:
O, for some heavenly notes to bear
My passions to the skies!

7 Where ye that love my Saviour sit,
There I would fain have place,
Among your thrones, or at your feet,
So I might see his face!

497

"To be with Christ."

Phil. i. 23.

1 LET me be with thee where thou art,
My Saviour, my eternal Rest!
Then only will this longing heart
Be fully, and for ever blest.

2 Let me be with thee where thou art!
Thy unveiled glory to behold;
Then only will this wandering heart
Cease to be treacherous, faithless, cold.

3 Let me be with thee where thou art!

Where spotless saints thy name adore; Then only will this sinful heart

Be evil and defiled no more.

L. M.