S. The Midnight Cry

The Midnight Cry "Behold the Bridegroom cometh"!-Matthew 25:1-46 "He comes! He comes! The Bridegroom comes!" The "Morning Star" appears; The "cloudless morning" sweetly dawns, Saints quit this vale of tears! Your absent Lord no longer mourn;

Reproach no longer bear;

"He comes! He comes!" Rise, happy saints, To meet Him in the air!

"He comes! He comes! The Bridegroom comes!" The Church is now complete; Her Lord beholds her clean and fair, A partner for Him, meet.

"He comes!" His purchased bride to claim; Her mansion is prepared;

"He comes! He comes!" rise, ready saints, To meet your ready [or waiting] Lord!

"He comes! He comes! The Bridegroom comes!"

He shouts, for great his joy; As yet, unseen by mortal flesh, He tarries in the sky. The marriage o’er, to earth he’ll come, No longer hid from men:

He’ll come! He’ll come! With all His saints As "Son of David" then!

"He comes! He comes!" The "Son of Man," The "Second Adam," now The "King of kings," the "Lord of lords,"

All knees before him bow.

"He comes!" His Israel in the Land Of promise to install;

"He comes! He comes!" to clear away The ruins of the fall!

"He comes! He comes!" The "Lion" now!

Alas! rejecting world!

He’ll meet your rebel standard raised, Defiantly unfurl’d! But naught shall stand before Him, then In terror you will cry, "He comes! He comes! Alas! Alas! Where from Him can we fly?"

" He comes! He comes! The Bridegroom comes!"

O sinners hear the sound!

Accept Him now, if you among His chosen would be found!

Still mercy’s offer’d-costless-free No longer turn away, " He comes! He comes!" O linger not- "Come" while ’tis call’d to-day!"

A. M.