6 Cheer'd by this hope, with patient mind
I'll wait heaven's high decree,
Till th' appointed period come
When death shall set me free.

HYMN CCCI. C. M.
Prospect of the resurrection.

1 Lo! I behold the scatter'd shades,
The dawn of heaven appears,
The sweet, immortal morning spreads
Its blushes round the spheres.

2 I see the Lord of glory come,
And flaming guards around;
The skies divide to make him room,
The trumpet shakes the ground.

3 I hear the voice, 'Ye dead, arise!'
And lo! the graves obey;

And waking saints with joyful eyes,
Salute th' expected day.

4 They leave the dust, and on the wing
Rise to the mid-way air;

In shining garments meet their King,
And low adore him there.

5 How will their joy and wonder rise,
When their returning King,

Shall bear them homeward thro' the skies,
On love's triumphant wing!

HYMN CCCII. H. M.

Rising with Christ.

1 Yes, the Redeemer rose ;
The Saviour left the dead,
Triumphant o'er our foes

He rais'd his conquering head.

In wild dismay,

Fall to the ground,

The guards around
And sink away.

2 Lo! the angelic bands
In full assembly meet,

To wait his high commands,
And worship at his feet.

Joyful they come,

From realms of day

And wing their way

To Jesus' tomb.

3 Then back to heaven they fly,
The joyful news to bear.

Hark! as they soar on high,

What music fills the air!

Their anthems say; 'Jesus, who bled,

Hath left the dead;

He rose to-day.'

4 Ye mortals, catch the sound,
Redeem'd by him from hell,
And send the echo round

The globe on which you dwell.

With Christ we rise, With Christ we reign,

And empires gain

Beyond the skies.

HYMN CCCIII. C. M.

Death succeeded by judgment.

1 The day approaches, O my soul!
The great, decisive day,

Which, from the verge of mortal life,
Shall bear thee far away.

2 Another day more awful dawns ;
And lo! the judge appears;
All nations stand before his bar,
With mingled hopes and fears.

3 Yet does one short preparing hour,
One precious hour remain ;

Rouse, then, my soul! with all thy power, Nor let it pass in vain.

HYMN CCCIV. Six Line C. M.

The day of judgment.

1 Hear, O ye dead! awake, arise!

The sounding trumpet shakes the skies;
The awful Judge is near;
Angelic guards attend him down;
And flaming round his fiery throne
A thousand terrors glare.

2 Pale guilt looks upward with amaze ;
She trembles while the terrors blaze,
And conscience tells her doom;

Struck with unutterable dread,
The sinner fain would hide his head,
And shrink within the tomb.

3 But ye, his happy saints, rejoice;
No terrors hath the Monarch's voice,
His looks, no frowns for you;
He comes your spirits to convey
To regions of eternal day,

To joys for ever new.

4 'Bless'd of my Father! haste,' he cries;
'In shining triumph mount the skies,
To nobler worlds above;

There shall ye share my blissful sight,
And taste the fulness of delight,
In my eternal love."

HYMN CCCV. C.M.

Hope in the divine mercy.

1 When rising from the bed of death,
O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear,
I see my Maker face to face
O how shall I appear!

2 If now, while pardon may be found
And mercy may be sought,

My heart with inward horror shrinks,
And trembles at the thought,-

3 When thou, O Lord! shalt stand disclos'd, In majesty severe,

And sit in judgment on my soul,
O how shall I appear!

4 But there's forgiveness, Lord! with thee; Thy nature is benign;

Thy pard'ning mercy I implore,
For mercy, Lord! is thine.

5 O let that boundless mercy shine
On my benighted soul,

Correct my passions, mend my heart,
And all my fears control!

6 And may I taste thy richer grace
In that decisive hour,

When Christ to judgment shall descend,
And time shall be no more.

HYMN CCCVI. C. M.

New heavens and new earth.'

1 Yon glorious orbs that, gild the sky Proclaim the God who reigns on high; He pours the radiant stream they boast, And marshals all the moving host.

2 But glitt❜ring stars shall cease to burn; The sun forsake his golden urn;

This earth, these heavens, be swept away,
The splendid pageant of a day.

3 Yet will th' Eternal wake to birth
More radiant heavens, a fairer earth,