Matthew 24: As the lightning Cometh out of the east, &c

The faith opposed by all mankind.
By all the powers of hell,
Did soon a ready passage find
And o'er the earth prevail:
Resistless, swift from east to west
The gospel-lightning flew,
The proselyted world confess'd
The joyful tidings true.

But Christ shall work at His return
A speedier work of grace,
While nations by His Spirit born
Their Lord at once embrace:
Heathens and Turks shall both receive
Whom God to both hath given,
Kw Jews themselves shall then believe
The glorious sign from heaven.

Quick as the darted lightning flies,
Flashing at once throughout the skies.
Saviour, Thou wilt on earth appear,
To 'stablish Thy dominion here:

Before the final, general doom.
We know, Thou wilt to judgment come,
Thy foes destroy, Thy friends maintain.
And glorious with Thine ancients reign.

Now, even now Thy saints attend,
To see Thee on the clouds descend!
Now, Lord, assert Thy right Divine,
And challenge all the world for Thine.