Scripture Verse

When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power; when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe. 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10

Introduction

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 303: Christ glo­ri­fied and ad­mired in His saints at the great day.

Music: Is­ra­el (Goss) John Goss (1800–1880) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John Goss (1800–1880)

Lyrics

Ye heav’ns, with sounds of tri­umph ring;
Ye an­gels, burst in­to a song;
Jesus des­cends, vic­tor­ious king,
And leads His shin­ing train along.

Ye saints that sleep in dust, arise;
Let joy re-ani­mate your clay;
Spring to your Sav­ior thro’ the skies,
And round His throne your hom­age pay.

Then let the sons of Heav’n draw nigh,
While to th’as­ton­ished hosts you tell,
How fee­ble mor­tals rose so high
From graves and worms, from sin and hell.

Tell them, in ac­cents like their own,
What an in­car­nate God could do;
Then point to Je­sus on the throne,
And boast, that Je­sus died for you.

Transported, they no more can hear;
Their voic­es catch the sac­red name;
Harmonious to His Fa­ther’s ear,
Jesus the God, their harps pro­claim.

Sin hath its dire in­cur­sions made,
That Thou might’st prove Thy pow­er to save;
And death its en­signs wide di­splayed,
That Thou might’st tri­umph o’er the grave.