CHARLES WESLEY.

CHARLES WESLEY was the brother of the more celebrated John Wesley, and, like him, was an eloquent preacher. His Hymns have great sweetness of style and sentiment, and they are nearly all retained in the collections of the Methodist Church.

JUDGMENT.

THOU Judge of quick and dead,
Before whose bar severe,
With holy joy or guilty dread,
We all shall soon appear:

Our sinful souls prepare

For that tremendous day;

And fill us now with watchful care,

And stir us up to pray.

To pray, and wait the hour,

That awful hour unknown;
When robed in majesty and power,
Thou shalt from heaven come down,

Th' immortal Son of man,

To judge the human race,

With all thy Father's dazzling train,
With all thy glorious grace.

To damp our earthly joys,

T' increase our gracious fears,
Forever let the Archangel's voice
Be sounding in our ears.
The solemn midnight cry,

"Ye dead, the Judge is come;
Arise, and meet him in the sky,

And meet your instant doom!"

CHARLES WESLEY.

CHARLES WESLEY was the brother of the more celebrated John Wesley, and, like him, was an eloquent preacher. His Hymns have great sweetness of style and sentiment, and they are nearly all retained in the collections of the Methodist Church.

JUDGMENT.

THOU Judge of quick and dead,
Before whose bar severe,
With holy joy or guilty dread,
We all shall soon appear:

Our sinful souls prepare

For that tremendous day;

And fill us now with watchful care,

And stir us up to pray.

To pray, and wait the hour,

That awful hour unknown;
When robed in majesty and power,
Thou shalt from heaven come down,

Th' immortal Son of man,

To judge the human race,

With all thy Father's dazzling train,
With all thy glorious grace.