Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints.
Jude 14
Words: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795). Published posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818), number 80. Christ’s Second Coming.
Music: Schumann Cantica Laudis, by Lowell Mason & George J. Webb (New York: Mason & Law, 1850) (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good picture of Beddome (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
See your exalted Lord,
Once numbered with the dead;
A scepter now adorns His hand,
A royal crown His head.
To Him the heav’nly hosts
Their humble tribute bring,
And with ten thousand thousand tongues,
His endless glories sing.
Lo, He again descends,
In awful majesty;
Angels and saints, a splendid train,
Attend Him from the sky.
The world He comes to judge,
In truth and righteousness;
Ye sinners, tremble at His wrath,
Ye saints, adore His grace.