Glory to the Glorious One

Glory to the glor­ious One

Good and great

our God alone

Who this day hath glo­ri­fied

First and best of all be­side

Making it for ev­ery clime

Of all times the sweet­est time.

From be­gin­ning

day of days

Set apart for ho­ly praise

When He bade the will­ing earth

All its hid­den stores bring forth

When He gave the shin­ing heav’n

Then to man this day was giv’n.

On this day the Son of God

Left His three-days’ dark ab­ode;

In the great­ness of His might

Rising to the up­per light.

On this day the Church puts on

Glory

beau­ty

robe

and crown.

On this day of days the Lord

Faithful to His an­cient word

On His burn­ing char­iot borne

Shall in ma­jes­ty re­turn.

King of kings

He comes in might.

From His heav­’n­ly home of light.

To His own Je­ru­sa­lem

Old Judea’s bright­est gem

To the hill of Je­bus

see

King Mes­si­ah

com­eth He;

With His cross to bless and save

With His cross to spoil the grave.

He shall speak

and earth shall hear:

Rending rock shall quake with fear

And the wak­ing dead shall come

From the si­lence of the tomb.

Shaken heav­ens

shat­tered earth

Then shall rise to se­cond birth.

To the king­dom pro­mised long

With its shin­ing an­gel throng

Righteous ven­geance to ful­fill

Recompense for good and ill

Adam’s race from dust to call

Lo

He com­eth

Judge of all!

Then the glo­ry to His own!

Then the king­dom and the crown!

Then the sin­ner’s hope shall close

Then be­gin his end­less woes;

Then he knocks

but knocks in vain—

Who shall break his ir­on chain?

Earth is flee­ing

flee­ing fast

And its beau­ty fades at last;

O be­lov­èd

then awake

Bonds of car­nal slum­ber break

Wake

be­lov­èd

watch and pray

While remains one hour of day!

Death

it com­eth—Oh be­ware!

Judgment com­eth—Oh pre­pare!

Steadfast

stead­fast let us stand

For the Judge is nigh at hand;

Steadfast let us rest each night

Steadfast wake at morn­ing light.

Glory

glo­ry

glo­ry be

Gracious God and Lord

to Thee!

To the Fa­ther and the Son

To the Spir­it

Three in One;

Thus we now Thy mer­cy praise

Thus through ev­er­last­ing days.