Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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THE LAST DAY. |
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THE LAST DAY.
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in
the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works
that are therein shall be burned up.”
—2 Peter, iii. 10.
Whether this solemn day may come,
Ere time to us shall be no more,
To man all oracles are dumb,
Nor need we ignorance deplore.
Ere time to us shall be no more,
To man all oracles are dumb,
Nor need we ignorance deplore.
Enough for us to know and feel,
When we our fleeting years have past,
A day must come—our lot to seal,
A day, an hour—to us the last!
When we our fleeting years have past,
A day must come—our lot to seal,
A day, an hour—to us the last!
When outward heaven, and outward earth,
We must forego, with things of time;
And death must be the awful birth
Of an eternity sublime.
We must forego, with things of time;
And death must be the awful birth
Of an eternity sublime.
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Prepare us, Lord, to meet that day,
Which, soon or late, we all must greet;
When we thy summons must obey,
And stand before thy judgment-seat.
Which, soon or late, we all must greet;
When we thy summons must obey,
And stand before thy judgment-seat.
So purify our hearts from sin,
That we may seek, nor seek in vain,
For brighter heavens, new earth—wherein
Thy glorious righteousness shall reign.
That we may seek, nor seek in vain,
For brighter heavens, new earth—wherein
Thy glorious righteousness shall reign.
Where sun nor moon shall more display
Vicissitude of day or night,
But Thou wilt be our endless day,
The Lamb our everlasting light.
Vicissitude of day or night,
But Thou wilt be our endless day,
The Lamb our everlasting light.
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