Scripture Verse

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son. Revelation 22:6–7

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spir­it­ual Songs 1707, Book 1, num­ber 45, alt. The last judg­ment.

Music: Hun­nys, me­lo­dy from Se­ven Sobs of a Sor­row­ful Soul, 1585 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

See where the great in­car­nate God
Fills a ma­jes­tic throne,
While from the skies His aw­ful voice
Bears the last judg­ment down.

“I am the first, and I the last,
Through end­less years the same;
I AM is My me­mor­ial still,
And My eter­nal name.

“Such fa­vors as a God can give
My roy­al grace be­stows:
Ye thirs­ty souls, come taste the streams
Where life and plea­sure flows.

“The saint that tri­umphs o’er his sins,
I’ll own him for a son;
The whole cre­ation shall reward
The con­quests he has won.

“But bloody hands and hearts un­clean,
And all the ly­ing race,
The faith­less and the scoff­ing crew,
That spurn at of­fered grace;

They shall be tak­en from My sight,
Bound fast with ir­on chain,
And head­long plunged in­to the lake
Where fire and dark­ness reign.

O may I stand be­fore the Lamb
When earth and seas are fled!
And hear the Judge pro­nounce my name,
With bless­ings on my head!

May I with those for­ev­er dwell
Who here were my de­light!
While sin­ners, ban­ished down to hell,
No more of­fend my sight.