Hymn 454

Verse 1

O GOD, mine inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress
Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And tremble on the brink of fate,
And wake to righteousness.

Verse 1

O GOD, my inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress ;
Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And tremble at the nearest gate
And wake to righteousness.

Verse 2

Before me place in dread array
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come
To judge the nations at thy bar
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there,
To meet a joyful doom

Verse 2

Before me place in dread array
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come
To judge the nations at thy bar ;
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there,
To meet a joyful doom ?

Verse 3

Be this my one great business here,
With serious industry and fear,
Eternal bliss t' insure Thine;
utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.

Verse 3

Be this my one great business here,
With holy trembling, holy fear,
Eternal bliss t' insure ;
Thy utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.

Verse 4

Then, Savior, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live
And reign with thee above
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full, supreme delight,
And everlasting love.

Verse 4

Then, Father, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live
And reign with thee above ;
Where faith in sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full, supremer delight,
And everlasting love.