All wise, all good, almighty Lord

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

Come, thou long expected Jesus

Heavenly father, sovereign Lord

Lo, he comes with clouds descending

Ye virgin souls, arise

 

All wise, all good, almighty Lord

886.886

Cornwall · Magdalen College

All wise, all good, almighty Lord,

Jesus, by highest Heav'n adored,

Ere time its course began;

How did Thy glorious mercy stoop,

To take Thy fallen children up,

When Thou Thyself wert man?

 

Th'eternal God from Heav'n came down;

The King of glory dropped His crown

And veiled His majesty;

Emptied of all but love He came,

Jesus, I call Thee by the Name,

Thy pity bore for me.

 

O holy Child, still let Thy birth

Bring peace to us poor worms of earth,

And praise to God on high!

Come, Thou who didst my flesh assume;

Now to the abject sinner come,

And in a manger lie.

 

Didst Thou not in person join

The natures human and divine,

That God and man might be

Henceforth inseparably one?

Haste then and make Thy nature known

Incarnated in me.

 

In my weak, sinful flesh appear,

O God, be manifested here,

Peace, righteousness and joy;

Thy kingdom, Lord, set up within

My faithful heart; and all my sin,

The devil's work, destroy.

 

I long Thy coming to confess,

The mystic power of godliness,

The life divine to prove:

The fulness of Thy life to know,

Redeemed from all my sins below,

And perfected in love.

 

O Christ, my Hope, make known to me

The great, the glorious mystery

The hidden life impart;

Come, Thou Desire of nations, come,

Formed in a spotless virgin's womb,

A pure, believing heart.

 

Come quickly, dearest Lord, that I

May own, tho' Antichrist deny,

Thy incarnation's power:

May cry, a witness to my Lord,

‘Come in my flesh is Christ the Word,

And I can sin no more!'

 

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

77. 77. 77

Ratisbon · Christ whose glory · Dix

Christ, whose glory fills the skies,

Christ, the true, the only Light,

Sun of Righteousness, arise,

Triumph o'er the shades of night;

Dayspring from on high, be near;

Day-star, in my heart appear.

 

Dark and cheerless is the morn

Unaccompanied by Thee;

Joyless is the day's return

Till Thy mercy's beams I see;

Till they inward light impart,

Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

 

Visit then this soul of mine,

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;

Fill me, Radiancy divine,

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more Thyself display,

Shining to the perfect day.

 

Come, thou long expected Jesus

87.87 (D)

Stuttgart · Hyfrydol

 

Come, thou long expected Jesus,

Born to set Thy people free;

From our fears and sins release us,

Let us find our rest in Thee.

Israel's Strength and Consolation,

Hope of all the earth Thou art;

Dear Desire of every nation,

Joy of every longing heart.

 

Born Thy people to deliver,

Born a child and yet a King,

Born to reign in us forever,

Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.

By Thine own eternal Spirit

Rule in all our hearts alone;

By Thine all sufficient merit,

Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

 

Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord

77.77 D

St George's, Windsor · Salzburg

 

Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord,

Ever faithful to Thy word,

Humbly we our seal set to,

Testify that Thou art true.

Lo! for us the wilds are glad,

All in cheerful green arrayed,

Opening sweets they all disclose,

Bud and blossom as the rose.

 

Hark! the wastes have found a voice,

Lonely deserts now rejoice,

Gladsome hallelujahs sing,

All around with praises ring.

Lo! abundantly they bloom,

Lebanon is hither come,

Carmel's stores the heavens dispense,

Sharon's fertile excellence.

 

See, these barren souls of ours

Bloom, and put forth fruits and flowers,

Flowers of Eden, fruits of grace,

Peace, and joy, and righteousness.

We behold (the abjects we!)

Christ, the incarnate Deity,

Christ, in whom Thy glories shine,

Excellence of strength divine.

 

Ye that tremble at his frown,

He shall lift your hands cast down;

Christ, who all your weakness sees,

He shall prop your feeble knees.

Ye of fearful hearts, be strong;

Jesus will not tarry long;

Fear not lest his truth should fail,

Jesus is unchangeable.

 

God, your God, shall surely come,

Quell your foes, and seal their doom,

He shall come and save you too;

We, O Lord, have found thee true!

Blind we were, but now we see,

Deaf; we hearken now to thee,

Dumb, for thee our tongues employ,

Lame, and, lo! we leap for joy.

 

Faint we were, and parched with drought,

Water at Thy word gushed out,

Streams of grace our thirst repress,

Starting from the wilderness;

Still we gasp Thy grace to know,

Here for ever let it flow,

Make the thirsty land a pool;

Fix the Spirit in our soul.

 

Lo! He comes with clouds descending

87. 87. 12 7

Helmsley · St Thomas

Lo! He comes with clouds descending,

Once for favored sinners slain;

Thousand thousand saints attending,

Swell the triumph of His train:

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

God appears on earth to reign.

 

Every eye shall now behold Him

Robed in dreadful majesty;

Those who set at naught and sold Him,

Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,

Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.

 

Every island, sea, and mountain,

Heav'n and earth, shall flee away;

All who hate Him must, confounded,

Hear the trump proclaim the day:

Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment!

Come to judgment! Come away!

 

Now redemption, long expected,

See in solemn pomp appear;

All His saints, by man rejected,

Now shall meet Him in the air:

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

See the day of God appear!

 

Answer Thine own bride and Spirit,

Hasten, Lord, the general doom!

The new Heav'n and earth t'inherit,

Take Thy pining exiles home:

All creation, all creation, all creation,

Travails! groans! and bids Thee come!

 

The dear tokens of His passion

Still His dazzling body bears;

Cause of endless exultation

To His ransomed worshippers;

With what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture

Gaze we on those glorious scars!

 

Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee,

High on Thine eternal throne;

Savior, take the power and glory,

Claim the kingdom for Thine own;

O come quickly! O come quickly! O come quickly!

Everlasting God, come down!

 

Ye virgin souls, arise

66. 66. 88

Eastview · Wingate Canon · Gopsal

Ye virgin souls, arise,

With all the dead awake

Unto salvation wise,

Oil in your vessels take;

Upstarting at the midnight cry,

‘Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh!'

 

He comes, He comes, to call

The nations to His bar,

And raise to glory all

Who fit for glory are;

Made ready for your full reward,

Go forth with joy to meet your Lord.

 

Go, meet Him in the sky,

Your everlasting Friend;

Your Head to glorify,

With all His saints ascend;

Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace

To see, without a veil, His face!

 

Ye that have here received

The unction from above,

And in His Spirit lived,

Obedient to His love,

Jesus shall claim you for His bride:

Rejoice with all the sanctified!

 

The everlasting doors

Shall soon the saints receive,

Above yon angel powers

In glorious joy to live;

Far from a world of grief and sin,

With God eternally shut in.

 

Then let us wait to hear

The trumpet's welcome sound;

To see our Lord appear,

Watching let us be found;

When Jesus doth the heavens bow,

Be found-as, Lord, Thou find'st us now!

 

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