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Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

Author: Charles Wesley; John Cennick; Martin Madan Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 770 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 Lo! he comes, with clouds descending, once for favored sinners slain; thousand thousand saints attending swell the triumph of his train. Alleluia! Alleluia! God appears on earth to reign. 2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him, robed in dreadful majesty; those who set at naught and sold him, pierced, and nailed him to the tree, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, shall the true Messiah see. 3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain, heav'n and earth, shall flee away; all who hate him must, confounded, hear the trump proclaim the day: Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment, come away! 4 Now Redemption, long expected, see in solemn pomp appear! All his saints, by man rejected, now shall meet him in the air. Alleluia! Alleluia! See the day of God appear! 5 Yea, amen! let all adore thee, high on thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow'r and glory, claim the kingdom for thine own: O come quickly, O come quickly; alleluia! come, Lord, come. Scripture: Revelation 1:7 Used With Tune: HOLYWOOD

See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph

Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 See, the Conqu'ror mounts in triumph; see the King in royal state, riding on the clouds, his chariot, to his heav'nly palace gate: Hark! the choirs of angel voices joyful Alleluias sing, and the portals high are lifted to receive their heav'nly King. 2 Who is this that comes in glory, with the trump of jubilee? Lord of battles, God of armies, he has gained the victory; he who on the cross did suffer, he who from the grave arose, he has vanquished sin and Satan, he by death has spoiled his foes. 3 You have raised our human nature in the clouds to God's right hand; there we sit in heav'nly places, there with you in glory stand: Jesus reigns, adored by angels, man with God is on the throne; mighty Lord, in your ascension we by faith behold our own. Scripture: Psalm 68:18 Used With Tune: RUSTINGTON

Praise the Lord: Ye Heavens Adore Him

Author: Anonymous; Edward Osler Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 759 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord: ye heav'ns, adore him; praise him, angels, in the height; sun and moon, rejoice before him; praise him all ye stars and light. Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken; worlds his mighty voice obeyed: laws which never shall be broken for their guidance hath he made. 2 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious; never shall his promise fail: God hath made his saints victorious; sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation; hosts on high, his pow'r proclaim; heav'n and earth and all creation, laud and magnify his name. 3 Worship, honor, glory, blessing, Lord, we offer unto thee; young and old, thy praise expressing, in glad homage bend the knee. All the saints in heav'n adore thee; we would bow before thy throne: as thine angels serve before thee, so on earth thy will be done. Scripture: Psalm 145 Used With Tune: FABEN

Jerusalem the Golden

Author: Bernard of Cluny, 12th cent.; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 914 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest, beneath your contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed. I know not, O I know not, what joys await us there; what radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare. 2 They stand, those halls of Zion, all jubilant with song, and bright with many an angel, and all the martyr throng. The Prince is ever in them, the daylight is serene; the pastures of the blessed are decked in glorious sheen. 3 There is the throne of David; and there, from care released, the song of them that triumph, the shout of them that feast; and they who with their Leader have conquered in the fight, forever and forever are clad in robes of white. 4 O sweet and blessed country, the home of God's elect! O sweet and blessed country, that eager hearts expect! Jesus, in mercy bring us to that dear land of rest; who art, with God the Father and Spirit, ever blest. Scripture: Revelation 21:18 Used With Tune: EWING

For All the Saints

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10.4.4 Appears in 571 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might; thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 O may thy soldiers faithful, true, and bold, fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win with them the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day; the saints triumphant rise in bright array; the King of glory passes on his way. Alleluia! Alleluia! 6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Alleluia! Scripture: Hebrews 11 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow!

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 949 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Refrain First Line: The year of jubilee is come Lyrics: 1 Blow ye the trumpet, blow! The gladly solemn sound let all the nations know, to earth's remotest bound; Refrain: The year of jubilee is come; return, ye ransomed sinners, home; return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 2 Jesus, our great High Priest, has full atonement made; ye weary spirits, rest; ye mournful souls, be glad: [Refrain] 3 Extol the Lamb of God; the sacrificial Lamb; redemption through his blood throughout the world proclaim: [Refrain] 4 Ye slaves of sin and hell, your liberty receive; and safe in Jesus dwell, and blest in Jesus live: [Refrain] 5 Ye who have sold for naught your heritage above, receive it back unbought, the gift of Jesus' love: [Refrain] 6 The gospel trumpet hear, the news of heav'nly grace; and, saved from earth, appear before your Savior's face: [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-2 Used With Tune: LENOX

Let Our Choir New Anthems Raise

Author: Joseph the Hymnographer, ca. 800-883; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 Let our choir new anthems raise, wake the morn with gladness; God himself to joy and praise turns the martyrs' sadness: bright the day that won their crown, opened heav'ns bright portal, as they laid the mortal down and put on th'immortal. 2 Never flinched they from the flame, from the torture never; vain the foeman's sharpest aim, Satan's best endeavor; for by faith they saw the land decked in all its glory, where triumphant now they stand with the victor's story. 3 Faith they had that knew not shame, love that could not languish; and eternal hope o'ercame momentary anguish. Up and follow, Christian men! Press through toil and sorrow; spurn the night of fear and then, O the glorious morrow! Scripture: Revelation 2:10 Used With Tune: ST. KEVIN

Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus

Author: George Duffield Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,804 hymnals Topics: Christian Life; Christian warfare; Church Triumph of; Courage; Crown of Life Lyrics: 1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss: from vict'ry unto vict'ry his army he shall lead, 'til ev'ry foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed. 2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the trumpet call obey; forth to the mighty conflict in this his glorious day: ye that are men now serve him against unnumbered foes; let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose. 3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in his strength alone; the arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own: put on the gospel armor, each piece put on with pray'r; where duty calls, or danger, be never wanting there. 4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the strife will not be long; this day the noise of battle, the next the victor's song: to him that overcometh a crown of life shall be; he with the King of glory shall reign eternally. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13 Used With Tune: WEBB

Who Are These like Stars Appearing

Author: Heinrich T. Schenk; Frances Elizabeth Cox Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 146 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 Who are these like stars appearing, these before God's throne who stand? Each a golden crown is wearing; who are all this glorious band? Alleluia! Hark, they sing, praising loud their heav'nly King. 2 Who are these of dazzling brightness, these in God's own truth arrayed, clad in robes of purest whiteness, robes whose lustre ne'er shall fade, ne'er be touched by time's rude hand? Whence come all this glorious band? 3 These are they who have contended for their Savior's honor long, wrestling on till life was ended, foll'wing not the sinful throng; these, who well the fight sustained, triumph through the Lamb have gained. 4 These are they whose hearts were riven, sore with woe and anguish tried, who in prayer full oft have striven with the God they glorified; now, their painful conflict o'er, God has bid them weep no more. 5 These like priests have watched and waited, off'ring up to Christ their will; soul and body consecrated, day and night to serve him still: now in God's most holy place blest they stand before his face. Scripture: Revelation 7:9 Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS OLD

Am I a Soldier of the Cross

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,948 hymnals Topics: Christians Triumph of Lyrics: 1 Am I a soldier of the cross, a foll'wer of the Lamb, and shall I fear to own his cause, or blush to speak his name? 2 Must I be carried to the skies on flow'ry beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize, and sailed through bloody seas? 3 Are there no foes for me to face? Must I not stem the flood? Is this vile world a friend to grace, to help me on to God? 4 Sure I must fight if I would reign: increase my courage, Lord; I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, supported by thy Word. 5 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, shall conquer, though they die; they view the triumph from afar, and seize it with their eye. 6 When that illustrious day shall rise, and all thine armies shine in robes of vict'ry through the skies, the glory shall be thine. Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3 Used With Tune: MARLOW