Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Lo the mighty God appearing
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s 7s and 4s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 2
Page Number: 008, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLo! The mighty God appearing,
From on high Jehovah speaks!
Eastern lands the summons hearing,
O'er the west his thunder breaks:
Earth beholds him! -
Universal nature shakes!
Zion all its light unfolding,
God in glory shall display:
Lo! He comes! - nor silence holding,
Fire and clouds prepare his way:
Tempests round him -
Hasten on the dreadful day!
Tot he heavens his voice ascending,
To the earth beneath he cries; --
"Souls immortal, now descending,
Let the sleeping dust arise!
Rise to judgement -
Let my throne adorn the skies!
"Gather first my saints around me,
Those who to my covenant stood;
Those who humbly sought and found me,
Through the dying Saviour's blood: --
Blest Redeemer! -
Dearest sacrifice to God!"
Now the heavens on high adore him,
And his righteousness declare:
Sinners perish from before him,
But his saints his mercies share:
Just in judgement -
God, himself the judge, is there!