By Faith We Find the Place Above
VERSE 1
By faith
we find the place above,
The Rock
that rent in twain;
Beneath
the shade of divine love,
And in
the clefts remain.
VERSE 2
Jesus,
to Thy dear wounds we flee,
We sink
into Thy side;
Assured
that all who trust in Thee
Shall
evermore abide.
VERSE 3
Then let
the thundering trumpet sound,
The
latest lightning glare,
The
mountains melt, the solid ground
Dissolve
as liquid air.
VERSE 4
The huge
celestial bodies roll,
Amidst
that general fire,
And
shrivel as a parchment scroll,
And all
in smoke expire!
VERSE 5
Yet
still the Lord, the Savior reigns,
When nature
is destroyed,
And no
created thing remains
Throughout
the flaming void.
VERSE 6
Sublime
upon His azure throne,
He
speaks the almighty word;
His fiat
is obeyed! ’tis done;
And
Paradise restored.
VERSE 7
So be
it! let this system end,
This
ruinous earth and skies,
The new
Jerusalem descend,
The new
creation rise!
VERSE 8
Thy
power omnipotent assume,
Thy
brightest majesty!
And when
Thou dost in glory come,
My Lord,
remember me!
VERSE 9
Woe 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!
VERSE 10
Sinners,
expect those heaviest showers,
To meet
your God prepare;
For, lo!
the seventh angel pours
His
phial in the air.
VERSE 11
Lo! from
their seats the mountains leap,
The
mountains are not found;
Transported
far into the deep,
And in
the ocean drowned.
VERSE 12
Who then
shall live, and face the throne,
And face
the Judge severe?
When
heaven and earth are fled and gone,
O where
shall I appear?
VERSE 13
Now,
only now, against that hour
We may a
place provide;
Beyond
the grave, beyond the power
Of hell,
our spirits hide.
VERSE 14
Firm in
the all destroying shock,
May view
the final scene;
For, lo!
the everlasting Rock
Is cleft
to take us in.
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