Lo, He Comes, Arrayed in Vengeance

Lo

He comes

ar­rayed in ven­geance

Riding down the heav’n­ly road;

Floods of fu­ry roll be­fore him—

Who can meet an ang­ry God?

Tremble sin­ners

Who can stand be­fore His rod?

Lo He comes

in glo­ry shin­ing;

Saints

arise and meet your king!

Glorious Cap­tain of sal­va­tion

Welcome! wel­come! hear them sing!

Shouts of tri­umph

Make the heav’ns with ech­oes ring.

Now

des­pis­ers

look and won­der!

Hear the dread­ful sound De­part

Rattling

like a peal of thun­der

Through each guil­ty re­bel’s heart!

Lost for ev­er

Hope and sin­ners here must part!

Still they hear the aw­ful sen­tence;

Hell re­sounds the dread­ful roar

While their heart-strings twinge with ang­uish

Trembling on the burn­ing shore!

Justice seals it—

Down they sink

to rise no more!

How they shrink

with hor­ror view­ing

Hell’s deep ca­verns op­en­ing wide!

Guilty thoughts

like ghosts pur­su­ing

Plunge them down the roll­ing tide!

Now con­sid­er

Ye who scorn the Lamb that died!

Hark! ten thou­sand harps re­sound­ing!

Formed in bright and grand ar­ray

See the glo­ri­ous ar­mies ris­ing

While their cap­tain leads the way!

Heav’n be­fore them

Opens an eter­nal day!