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Hymn: Thus saith the Church's Head (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1843

Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Thus saith the Church's Head

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Meter: PM

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Hymn Number: Hymn 202 (part II)

Page Number: 171 (part II), click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

THUS saith the Church's Head,

The judge of quick and dead;

Quickly I come:

Let my redeemed pray,

O Lord make no delay;

Thus all my saints shall say,

Lord quickly come.



Let them with one accord,

Shout their returning Lord;

Welcome him near:

Soon shall he come again,

Soon shall we with him reign,

Soon shall his foes be slain,

Soon he'll appear.



Earthquakes and storms attend,

Rocks, hills, and mountains rend;

Who shall abide?

Heavens melt and thunders roar,

Seas swell and rend the shore;

Hope sinks to rise no more;

Rocks cannot hide.



See how the lightnings blaze;

Jesus, this wreath displays;

Vengeance appears:

Lift up your heads on high

You suffering company,

Now your redemption's nigh,

Banish your fears.



Jesus who died for sins,

Now in his glory reigns;

Claiming his own:

Father I will, saith he,

Those thou hast given me,

Should all my glory see;

Sharing my throne.



Let the redeemed throng,

Make sov'reign grace their song;

Mercy adore:

Ascribe salvation

To him who fills the throne,

And to the Lamb alone,

For evermore.