Author: Dr. S. Stennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 39 hymnals First Line: He comes! he comes! to judge the world Lyrics: 1 He comes! he comes! to judge the world,
Aloud th' archangel cries:
While thunders roll from pole to pole,
And lightnings cleave the skies.
2 Th' affrighted nations hear the sound,
And upward lift their eyes:
The slumb'ring tenants of the ground
In living armies rise.
3 Amid the shouts of numerous friends,
Of hosts divinely bright,
The judge in solemn pomp descends,
Array'd in robes of light.
4 His head and hairs are white as snow,
His eyes a fiery flame,
A radiant crown adorns his brow,
And Jesus is his name.
5 Writ on his thigh his name appears,
And scars his victo'ies tell:
Lo! in his hand the conqu'ror bears
The keys of death and hell.
6 So he ascends the judgment-seat,
And at his dread command,
Myriads of creatures round his feet
In solemn silence stand.
7 Princes and peasants here expect
Their, last, their righteous doom;
The men who dar'd his grace reject,
And they who dar'd presume.
8 "Depart, ye sons of death and sin,"
The injur'd Jesus cries,
While the long-kindling wrath within
Flames from both his eyes.
9 And now in words divinely sweet,
With rapture in his face,
Aloud his sacred lips repeat
The sentence of his grace:
10 "Well done, my good and faithful sons.
"The children of my love;
"Receive the sceptres, crowns and thrones
"Prepar'd for you above." Topics: The Day of Judgment; The coming of the judge
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