Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Psalms and Hymns for the Church (1883). IV. Clouds around the mountainsWilliam Josiah Irons (18121883)
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Bring the morning’s solemn sigh;
Murky lights the distance streaking,
Warn us of the reddening sky.
Be ye ready,
For the Day of God is nigh.
Angel armies go before;
Voices, in the dread commotion,
Echo—“time shall be no more.”
Be ye ready,
For the Judge is at the door.
With the starry sign unfurled;
Heaven is gazing, earth is fearing,
At the terrors round Him hurled.
Be ye ready,
For “He comes to judge the world.”
By Thy grace touch every heart;
Now from sinners separate us,
Let us not from Thee depart.
Make us ready,
To be with Thee as Thou art.
Brighter crowns than ours will wear;
May we cast ourselves before Thee,
Praising Thee that we are there!
In their anthems,
All Thy ransomed ones may share.
And our F
With the S
“Blessèd,” blessèd are they all,
Who in glory,
At their Father’s footstool fall.