When Descending from the Sky (EN 3178)

EN 3178 When Descending from the Sky

Matt.25.1

Versi Version 1

1

When descending from the sky

The Bridegroom shall appear;

And the solemn midnight cry,

Shall call professors near:

How the sound our hearts will damp!

How will shame o’erspread each face!

If we only have a lamp,

Without the oil of grace.

2

Foolish virgins then will wake

And seek for a supply;

But in vain the pains they take

To borrow or to buy:

Then with those they now despise,

Earnestly they’ll wish to share;

But the best, among the wise,

Will have no oil to spare.

3

Wise are they, and truly blest,

Who then shall ready be

But despair will seize the rest,

And dreadful misery:

Once, they’ll cry, we scorned to doubt,

Though in lies our trust we put;

Now our lamp of hope is out,

The door of mercy shut.

4

If they then presume to plead,

“Lord open to us now;

We on earth have heard and prayed,

And with thy saints did bow:”

He will answer from his throne,

“Though you with My people mixed,

Yet to Me you ne’er were known,

Depart, your doom is fixed.”

5

O that none who worship here

May hear that word, Depart!

Lord impress a godly fear

On each professor’s heart:

Help us, Lord, to search the camp,

Let us not ourselves beguile;

Trusting to a dying lamp

Without a stock of oil.

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