The Southern harmony, and musical companion containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems |
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[The chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire] |
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[The chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire]
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The chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire,As the Lord cometh down in the pomp of his ire!
Lo! self-moving it drives on its pathway of cloud,
And the heav'ns with the burden of Godhead are bow'd.
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The glory! the glory! around him we pour'dMighty hosts of the angels that wait on the Lord;
And the glorified saints and the martyrs are there,
And there all who the palm wreaths of victory wear.
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The trumpet! the trumpet! the dead have all heard,Lo! the depths of the stone-cover'd charnel are stirr'd;
From the sea, from the earth, from the south, from the north,
And the vast generations of man are come forth.
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The judgment! the judgment! the thrones are all set,Where the Lamb and the white-vested elders are met;
There all flesh is at once in the sight of the Lord,
And the doom of eternity hangs on his word.
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O mercy! O mercy! look down from above.Great Creator, on us, thy sad children, with love;
When beneath to their darkness the wicked are driv'n.
May our justified souls find a welcome in heav'n.
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