Wesley Corpus

By worlds on worlds destroy' d ; Far heneath his feet he views, With smiles, the flaming void : Sees the universe renew'd, The grand millennial reign begun ; Shouts, with all the sons of God, Around the' eternal throne ! 4 Resting in this glorious hope To be at last restored, Yield we now our bodies up To earthquake, plague, or sword : Listening for the call divine, The latest trumpet of the seven, Soon our soul and dust shall join, And both fly up to heaven. / r [an -rock, HOW happy are the little flock, Who, safe beneath their guardi In all commotions rest ! When war's and tumult's waves run high, Unmoved above the storm they lie, They lodge in Jesu's breast. Such happiness, O Lord, have we, By mercy gather' d into thee, Before the floods descend : And while the bursting cloud comes down. We mark the vengeful day begun, And calmly wait the end. Describing Judgment. DO 3 The plague, and dearth, and din of war, Our Saviour's swift approach declare, And bid our hearts arise : Earth's basis shook confirms our hope ; Its cities' fall but lifts us up, To meet thee in the skies. 4 Thy tokens we with joy confess : The war proclaims the Prince of Peace ; The earthquake speaks thy power ; The famine all thy fulness brings ; The plague presents thy healing wings, And Nature's final hour. 5 Whatever ills the world befall, A pledge of endless good we call ; A sign of Jesus near : His chariot will not long delay ; We hear the rumbling wheels, and pray, Triumphant Lord, appear ! 6 Appear with clouds on Sion's hill, The word and mystery to fulfil, Thy confessors to' approve, Thy members on thy throne to place, And stamp thy name on every face, In glorious, heavenly love ! HYMN 63. part first, c. M. 1 V\TOE to the men on earth who dwell, * * Nor dread the' Almighty's frown ; When God doth all his wrath reveal, And shower his judgments down ! 2 Sinners, expect those heaviest showers : To meet your God prepare ! For, lo ! the seventh angel pours His phial in the air. 3 Lo ! from their seats the mountains leap ; The mountains are not found ; fru Describing Judgment.