Scripture Verse

[The Lord] rebukes the sea, and makes it dry…The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt. Nahum 1:4–5

Introduction

Words: An­ony­mous, in The Sev­enth-Day Ad­vent­ist Hymn and Tune Book, ed­it­ed by Ed­win Barnes & Frank­lin E. Bel­den (Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan: Re­view & He­rald, 1886), num­ber 882, alt.

Music: War­ring­ton Ralph Har­ris­on, 1784 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the au­thor, where to get a good pic­ture of him or Har­ris­on (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

The Lord is com­ing! seas, retire!
Ye mount­ains, melt to liq­uid fire!
Ye oceans, cease to ebb and flow!
His state­ly foot­steps ye should know.

The Lord is com­ing! Who shall stand?
Who shall be found at His right hand?
He with the right­eous garment on
Which Christ our glor­ious king hath won.

The Lord is coming! watch and pray!
So shalt thou hast­en that glad day;
So shalt thou then es­cape the snare,
And Christ’s eter­nal glo­ry share.