Scripture Verse

At the sound of the seventh trumpet, loud voices were heard in Heaven. They said, Now the kingdom of this world belongs to our Lord and to His chosen One! And He will rule forever and ever! Revelation 11:15

Introduction

Words: Un­known au­thor, in Church Po­et­ry, by Will­iam A. Muhl­en­berg (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: S. Pot­ter, 1823), pag­es 216–17.

Music: Wind­sor Chris­to­pher Tye, 1533. Ar­ranged in the Booke of Mu­sicke, by Will­iam Da­man, 1591 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Then let the sev­enth trum­pet sound,
The fierc­est lightn­ings glare;
The mount­ains melt, the sol­id ground
Dissolve as li­quid air.

The huge ce­les­ti­al bo­dies roll
Amidst the ge­ne­ral fire,
And shri­vel as a parch­ment scroll,
And all in smoke ex­pire.

Yet still the Lord, the Sav­ior, reigns,
When na­ture is de­stroyed,
And no cre­at­ed thing re­mains
Throughout the flam­ing void.

Sublime upon His az­ure throne,
He speaks th’almigh­ty word;
His fi­at is ob­eyed! ’tis done,
And pa­ra­dise re­stored.

So be it! let this sys­tem end,
These fad­ing earth and skies;
The new Je­ru­sa­lem des­cend;
The new cre­ation rise.