Stand the Omnipotent Decree

Stand the om­ni­po­tent de­cree!

Je­ho­vah’s will be done!

Nature’s end we wait to see

And hear her fi­nal groan.

Let this earth dis­solve

and blend

In death the wick­ed and the just;

Let those pon­der­ous orbs des­cend

And grind us in­to dust.

Rests se­cure the right­eous man;

At his Re­deem­er’s beck

Sure to emerge and rise again;

And mount ab­ove the wreck;

Lo! the heav’n­ly Spir­it tow­ers

Like flames o’er na­ture’s fu­ner­al pyre

Triumphs in im­mor­tal pow­ers

And claps His wings of fire.

Nothing hath the just to lose

By worlds on worlds de­stroyed:

Far be­neath his feet he views

With smiles

the flam­ing void;

Sees this uni­verse re­newed

The grand mil­len­ni­al reign be­gun;

Shouts with all the sons of God

Around th’eter­nal throne.

Resting in this glo­ri­ous hope

To be at last re­stored

Yield we now our bo­dies up

To earth­quake

plague

or sword;

Listening for the call di­vine

The lat­est trum­pet of the sev­en

Soon our soul and dust shall join

And both fly up to Heav­en.