See the gloomy gath’ring cloud

The words

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   Stanza 1. See the gloomy gath’ring cloudHanging o’er a sinful land!Sure the LORD proclaims aloud,Times of trouble are at hand:Happy they, who love his name!They shall always find him near;Though the earth were wrapped in flame,They have no just cause for fear.

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   Stanza 2. Hark! his voice in accents mild,(O, how comforting and sweet!)Speaks to every humble child,Pointing out a sure retreat!Come, and in my chambers hide,To my saints of old well known;There you safely may abide,Till the storm be overblown.

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   Stanza 3. You have only to reposeOn my wisdom, love, and care;Where my wrath consumes my foes,Mercy shall my children spare:While they perish in the flood,You that bear my holy mark,Sprinkled with atoning blood,Shall be safe within the ark.

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   Stanza 4. Sinners, see the ark prepared!Haste to enter while there’s room;Though the Lord his arm has bared,Mercy still retards your doom:Seek him while there yet is hope,Ere the day of grace be past;Lest in wrath he give you up,And this call should prove your last.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 67. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-67