← The Three Messages Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 1338

The Three Messages

These words, said the Master, "I'm coming again,"

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These words, said the Master, "I'm coming again,"That with me my people forever may reign;That they may be ready my coming to see,I send forth my angels with messages three.

Chorus.

The Master is coming, he's coming for thee;O haste to be ready thy Master to see!The Master is coming, he's coming for thee;O haste to be ready thy Master to see!

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The first with this message was sent through the land:"Fear God, and give glory; his Judgment's at hand;And worship the Maker of earth, sea, and sky,And the fountains of waters, who ruleth on high."

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The second this message of woe did repeat:"The Church is not ready her Master to greet;She's fallen, backslidden, departed from Heav'n,And her love to earth's kings has unlawfully giv'n."

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The third message follows, the last to be given,To point, once again, dying sinners to heav'n:"If any the beast or his image adore,On him shall God's judgments abide evermore."

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The law of the Father, the faith of the Son,Must be kept by the Church all united as one;The mark of rebellion refuse to receive,Be sealed with God's seal, and eternally live.