Classic Poem

Hallelujah! He cometh with clouds and with light
And the trumpet of God, in the silence of night:
Heaven's armies before Him adoringly bend,
And thousands of thousands His bidding attend.

Hallelujah! He cometh: and every eye
Beholds Him with anguish or rapturous joy:
A wailing is heard from the kindreds of earth,
It is drown'd in Hosannas of heavenly mirth.

Hallelujah! He cometh; the judgment is set,
And the nations are gather'd in crowds to His feet;
The earth and the ocean have yielded their dead,
And the records of time are unfolded and read.

Hallelujah! earth crumbles in ashes and dust,
While calmly He severs the wicked and just;
The shadows of darkness are driven away,
And the morning has dawn'd of celestial day.