Wesley Corpus

The sun shall set in endless night, The moon and stars withdraw their light, The shatter'd earth's foundation groan, The ruin'd heavens his wrath shall feel, And nature's last convulsions tell That Israel's strength remains alone! "The Lord shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, c." Joel iii. 16, 17. Lion of Judah's tribe, draw near, Let all mankind thy roarings hear, Let all mankind revere thy power; Utter thy voice, Almighty Lord, Pronounce the desolating word, And thunder from thy heav'nly tower! Crown thy impatient people's hope, And fill our faith and knowledge up, The kingdom to thy saints restore; And when thy church is fill'd with thee, Pure holiness thy church shall be, And sin shall never enter more. "In that day, the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim." Joel iii. 18. Welcome the bright millennial day When former things are past away, When earth in righteousness renew'd, Blooms as at the beginning good! 27Ori., "fats"; an archaic spelling. Page 76 Wine from the mountain-tops distils, And milky currents from the hills, Rivers of living water rise, Pure as their fountain in the skies. Forth-issuing from Jehovah's throne Sent by the Father and the Son, The Holy Ghost his fulness pours In glorious, everlasting showers; The King of saints resides below, His Spirit doth our vale o'erflow, Brings back the garden of the Lord, And shews us paradise restor'd. "Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation: for I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion." Joel iii. 20, 21. Faithful, and true, for this we wait, The glories of our first estate With all thy latest church to prove; Purge out our old congenial stains, Expel th' ingrafted sin's remains By perfect purity and love. Zion shall then in safety dwell, Fulness of joy that cannot fail Possessing, and of thee possest; Thy spotless bride compleatly fair Shall then thy glorious image bear, And live with God, forever blest.