WITHOUT
(Rev. 22:15.)
(Rev. 22:15.)
When the King hath returned to His City of Light,
And gathered His glorified in
From the shadow of death, from the darkness of night,
From the blight and contagion of sin;
God's glory shall light up the shining pearl gates,
Girt with precious jewels about,
But what in the dread outer-darkness awaits
For the lost wicked nations without?
And gathered His glorified in
From the shadow of death, from the darkness of night,
From the blight and contagion of sin;
God's glory shall light up the shining pearl gates,
Girt with precious jewels about,
But what in the dread outer-darkness awaits
For the lost wicked nations without?
Oh, rayless shall be the dark maze where they grope,
Who learn at a terrible cost,
No beacon of morn, and no day-star of hope
Shall cheer the lone land of the lost!
Glad anthems shall rise from the myriads within,
'Till the echoes with rapture shall shout;
But sorrow unending shall swiftly begin
To the dwellers of darkness without.
Who learn at a terrible cost,
No beacon of morn, and no day-star of hope
Shall cheer the lone land of the lost!
Glad anthems shall rise from the myriads within,
'Till the echoes with rapture shall shout;
But sorrow unending shall swiftly begin
To the dwellers of darkness without.
They were bought with a price, by the King on His throne,
They were purchased from bondage and sin,
Redeemed to be prophets and priests of His own
And shine in His temple within;
But they trailed their white robes in the low dust of time,
They groveled in error and doubt;
They stained their pure hands in the black pools of crime,
They are dwellers in darkness without.
They were purchased from bondage and sin,
Redeemed to be prophets and priests of His own
And shine in His temple within;
But they trailed their white robes in the low dust of time,
They groveled in error and doubt;
They stained their pure hands in the black pools of crime,
They are dwellers in darkness without.
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