3. Glory unto Thee be given, By men and by the host of heaven, With harp and cymbal’s clearest tone; Of one pearl each shining portal, Where we are with the choir immortal Of angels round Thy dazzling throne. Nor eye hath seen, nor ear Hath yet attained to hear Such great glory; Therefore will we Eternally Sing hymns of joy and praise to Thee. Ph. Nicolai, 1599; Comp. tr. 550 L. M. Let thoughtless thousands choose the road That leads the soul away from God; This happiness, dear Lord, be mine, To live and die entirely Thine. 2. On Christ, by faith, I fain would live, From Him my life, my all, receive, To Him devote my fleeting hours, Serve Him alone with all my powers. 3. Christ is my everlasting All; To Him I look, on Him I call; He will my every want supply In time and through eternity. 4. Soon will the Lord, my Life, appear; Soon shall I end my trials here, Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain; To live is Christ, to die is gain. 5. Soon will the saints in glory meet, Soon walk through every golden street, And sing on every blissful plain,— To live is Christ, to die is gain. J. Haskins, 1789. 551 L. M. That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away! What power shall be the sinner’s stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? 2. When, shriveling like a parchèd scroll, The flaming heavens together roll; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead: 3. Lord, on that day, that wrathful day, When man to Judgment wakes from clay, Be Thou the trembling sinner’s stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away. Thomas of Celano, 13th cent.; Walter Scott, 1805, a. 552 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7 The day is surely drawing near When God’s Son, the Anointed, Shall with great majesty appear As Judge of all appointed. All mirth and laughter then shall cease, When flames on flames will still increase, As the Apostle teacheth. 2. A trumpet loud shall then resound, And all the earth be shaken; Then all who in their graves are found Shall from their sleep awaken; But all that live shall in that hour By the Almighty’s boundless power Be changed at His commanding. 3. A book is opened then to all, A record truly telling What each hath done, both great and small, When he on earth was dwelling; And every heart be clearly seen, And all be known as they have been, In thoughts and words and actions.