Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The chariot the chariot its wheels roll in fire
Topic: The Present and the Future/The Resurrection
Writer: I Williams
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1111
Page Number: 659, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire,
AS the Lord cometh down in the pomp of his ire;
Lo! self-moving, it drives on its pathway of cloud;
And the heav'ns with the burden of Godhead are bow'd.
The glory! the glory! around him are pour'd
Mighty hosts of the angels that wait on the Lord;
And the glorified saints, and the martyrs are there,
And there, all who the palm-wreaths of victory wear!
The trumpet! the trumpet! the dead have all heard;
Lo! the depths of the stone-cover'd charnel are stirr'd
From the sea, from the earth, from the south, from the north,
All the vast generations of men are come forth.
The judgement! The judgement! the thrones are all set,
When the lamb and the bright-crowned elders are met!
There all flesh is at once in the sight of the Lord,
And the doom of eternity hangs on his word.