Attend, Mine Ear

Attend

mine ear

my heart re­joice;

While Je­sus from His throne

Begirt with all th’an­gel­ic hosts

Makes His last sen­tence known.

When sin­ners curs­èd from His face

To rag­ing flames are driv’n

His voice

with me­lo­dy di­vine

Thus calls His saints to Heav’n.

“Blest of My Fa­ther

all draw near

Receive the large re­ward;

And rise with rap­tures to pos­sess

The king­dom Love pre­pared.

“Ere earth’s foun­da­tions first were laid

This sov­er­eign pur­pose wrought

And reared those pa­lac­es di­vine

To which you now are brought.

There shall you reign un­num­bered years

Protected by My pow­er

While sin and hell

and pains and cares

Shall vex your souls no more.

Come

dear ma­jes­tic Sav­ior

come

This ju­bi­lee pro­claim

And teach us ac­cents fit to praise

So great

so dear a name.