Amid the deep'ning gloom,

We soldiers of an injured King
Are marching to the tomb.

2 There, when the turmoil is no more,
And all our powers decay,
Our cold remains in solitude
Shall sleep the years away.

3 Our labors done, securely laid
In this our last retreat,
Unheeded o'er our silent dust
The storms of life shall beat.

The vital spark shall lie,

For o'er life's wreck that spark shall rise

To seek its kindred sky.

5 These ashes, too, this little dust,
Our Father's care shall keep,
Till the last angel rise, and break
The long and dreary sleep.

6 Then love's soft dew o'er every eye
Shall shed its mildest rays,

And the long silent dust shall burst
With shouts of endless praise.

1 Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favor'd sinners slain; Thousand, thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train : Hallelujah,

Jesus now shall ever reign!

2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty ;

Those who set at nought and sold Him, Pierced and nail'd Him to the tree, Deeply wailing,

Shall the great Messiah see!

3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain, Heaven and earth shall flee away;

All who hate Him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day:
Come to judgment!
Come to judgment! come away!

4 Now redemption, long expected
See in solemn pomp appear!
All His saints by man rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air!
Hallelujah!

See the day of God appear!

Yea! amen! let all adore Thee,
High on Thine exalted throne;
Saviour! take the power and glory;
Claim the kingdoms for Thine own!
Oh, come quickly!

Hallelujah! come, Lord, come!

1 Thou Judge of quick and dead,
Before whose bar severe,
With holy joy, or guilty dread,
We all shall soon appear:

2 Our anxious souls prepare

For that tremendous day;

And fill us now with watchful care, And stir us up to pray:

3 To pray, and wait the hour, That awful hour unknown,

When, robed in majesty and power, Thou shalt from heaven come down.

4 Oh, may we all be found

Obedient to Thy word

Attentive to the trumpet's sound,
And looking for our Lord!

5 Oh, may we all insure

Á home among the blest;

And watch a moment, to secure
An everlasting rest!