Wesley Corpus

Whom we here by faith behold, Christ shall bring us forth as gold, Vessels of his perfect grace, Mon'ments of his endless praise. "Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously." Isa. xxiv. 23.89 Come, eternal King, surrounded With the hosts thy hands have made, Let the sun and moon confounded At thy bright appearing fade, Sink before thee Darkned into midnight shade. In his capitol descending Look we for the Son of man, Sure of raptures never ending, When we meet our Lord again: Come, Jehovah, Present with thine ancients reign. Vessels of thy free election When thine elders reign with thee, Children of the resurrection When the saints thy glory see, Then remember, Then appoint a throne for me. 89This hymn is duplicated in MS Shent, 21b-22a; with the addition of two new stanzas. While MS Shent predates Scripture Hymns, this particular hymn was placed on a blank verso and is in a different hand. It was likely added after 1762, as a longer version of the text above.