Before Him righteousness shall go,

His royal harbinger.

2. Mercy and Truth that long were missed
Now joyfully are met;

Sweet Peace and Righteousness have kissed,
And hand in hand are set.

3. Truth from the earth like to a flower
Shall bud and blossom then,

And Justice from her heavenly bower
Look down on mortal men.

4. O happy earth, where good is set
To bid all sorrow cease-
City of God, whose coronet
Is everlasting Peace.

John Milton.

230.

I.

The End of the Age.

ARTH shall melt with fervent heat;

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Heaven shall vanish like a scroll;

God shall from His judgment-seat

Speak the doom of every soul.

2. So the ancient Scripture saith ;
We its inner truth divine;
Through its pictured form of death
We behold the Spirit shine.

3. Earth shall her Deliverer see,

Christ shall in the heart appear;

Night, and Age, and Winter flee,

Morn, and Truth, and Spring draw near.

75.

4. Lo! the second heaven appears!
Lo! the age of Love unfurled !
Tis the spring-tide of the spheres ;
'Tis the morning of the world.

Thomas Lake Harris.

231.

Dies Ira.

I. DAY of wrath, O dreadful day,

When this world shall pass away,

And the heavens together roll,
Shrivelling like a parched scroll,
Long foretold by saint and sage,
David's harp, and Sibyl's page.

2. Then the writing shall he read,

Which shall judge the quick and dead :
Then the Lord of all our race
Shall appoint to each his place;
Every wrong shall be set right,
Every secret brought to light.

3. Then in that tremendous day,

When heaven and earth shall pass away,

What shall I the sinner say?

What shall be the sinner's stay

When the righteous shrink for fear,
How shall my frail soul appear?

4. King of kings, enthron'd on high,
In Thine awful Majesty,

Thou who of Thy mercy free

Savest those who sav'd shall be-
In Thy boundless charity,

Fount of Pity, save Thou me.

6.7.

A. P. Stanley.

232.

The City of God.

6.6.10.6.6.10.

I.

2.

3.

4.

WHEN shall we behold

That city, all of gold,

Foreseen in vision from the ancient days,

Where charity shall reign,

And mercy's blest refrain

Rear the bright gates in harmonies of praise.

When shall the nations come,

Beneath its burning dome,

To find the Lord and bow before His feet?
When shall celestial fire

Consume each base desire,

And purify the world with fervent heat?

When shall the rebel host,

Who throng the cloudy coast

Of evil, fly despoiled of power to wound;
While peace and love, once more,

Re-ope the heavenly door,

And trees of life spring forth on mortal ground?

Within Thy Word we see,

O Lord! the prophecy ;

And for it wait, and cry, with one accord,
"All Holy One! again

Descend and dwell with men

Till all mankind are brethren in the Lord."

233.

I.

OUR

Thomas Lake Harris.

The Holy Spirit.

The Comforter.

UR blest Redeemer, ere He breathed

His tender, last farewell,

8.6.8.4.

A Guide, a Comforter bequeathed
With us to dwell.

2. He came sweet influence to impart,
A gracious, willing guest,

While He can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.

3. And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of even,

Tha hecks each fault, that calms each fear,
And speaks of Heaven.

4. And

every virtue we possess,
And every conquest won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are His alone.

5. Spirit of purity and grace,

Our weakness, pitying see;

O make our hearts Thy dwelling-place,
And worthier Thee.

Harriet Auber.

234.

Prayer for Spiritual Strength.

L.M.

1. THOU Power and Peace! in whom we find

All holiest strength, all purest love,

The rushing of the mighty wind,
The brooding of the gentle dove!

2. For ever lend Thy sovereign aid,

And urge us on, and keep us Thine;

Nor leave the hearts which Thou hast made
Fit temples of Thy grace divine.

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3. Nor let us quench Thy blessed light;
But still with softest breathings stir
Our wayward souls, and lead us right,
O Holy Spirit, Comforter !

235.

A Prayer for the Spirit.

L.M.

1. FOUNTAIN of life, most pure, most bright! Sun of the soul, the spirit's light!

Great Source of joy, and End of rest,
For ever blessing, ever blest!

2. As the young dayspring's glorious birth
Calls into life rejoicing earth,

And with new beauty, love, and power,

Robes field and stream and tree and flower :

3. As cooling dews, like gentle sleep

On hearts that bleed and eyes that weep,

In the sweet hour of evening's calm

On feverish earth shed heavenly balm :

4. Shine on our souls, in mercy shine,

Thou living Beam, thou Fire divine!
Bid sin's distracting turmoil cease,
Thou Comforter, thou God of peace!

5. Descend, Almighty, from above

On beams of light, on wings of love;
And every soul a temple be,

236.

Meet, holy Lord, for heaven and Thee!

The Strengthening Spirit.

W. P. Sparks.

1. SPIRIT of power, and truth, and love!

Who dwell'st enthroned in light above,

Descend, and bear us on Thy wings
Far from these low and fleeting things.

L.M.