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HYMN IX. THY KINGDOM COME!
Jesus, supreme in majesty,
Thy kingdom and Thy glory claim,
For every soul, and every knee
Must bow to Thy tremendous name.
Jehovah, on Jehovah's throne,
Fulness of power to Thee is given;
Thou settest up, and castest down,
And orderest all in earth and heaven.
Thy kingdom and Thy glory claim,
For every soul, and every knee
Must bow to Thy tremendous name.
Jehovah, on Jehovah's throne,
Fulness of power to Thee is given;
Thou settest up, and castest down,
And orderest all in earth and heaven.
We trace Thy footsteps in the deep,
Who dost in previous judgments come,
And with destruction's besom sweep
The earth, to make Thy kingdom room.
The havoc which on earth we see,
The dire effects of human will,
Accomplish Thy unknown decree,
Thy own mysterious mind fulfil.
Who dost in previous judgments come,
And with destruction's besom sweep
The earth, to make Thy kingdom room.
The havoc which on earth we see,
The dire effects of human will,
Accomplish Thy unknown decree,
Thy own mysterious mind fulfil.
Thou sufferest now the evil done,
Where the rebellious multitude
In the New World rush madly on,
O'er hills of slain, through seas of blood:
Their rage for power, their fury blind
Hastens the coming of our Lord;
The good supreme for man design'd,
With paradise on earth restored.
Where the rebellious multitude
In the New World rush madly on,
O'er hills of slain, through seas of blood:
Their rage for power, their fury blind
Hastens the coming of our Lord;
The good supreme for man design'd,
With paradise on earth restored.
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Whate'er the plagues that intervene,
The judgments, and vindictive days,
Saviour, we know the final scene,
The earth renew'd in righteousness,
Descending on Thine azure throne,
Thee in the clouds we soon shall see,
To reign before Thy saints alone,
And then through all eternity.
The judgments, and vindictive days,
Saviour, we know the final scene,
The earth renew'd in righteousness,
Descending on Thine azure throne,
Thee in the clouds we soon shall see,
To reign before Thy saints alone,
And then through all eternity.
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