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This magnificent hymn is the composite production of CONNICK and CHARLES WESLEY. Although it fails to distinguish between the Lord's coming for and with His saints, and between the Millennial Reign and the final judgment, it has truth in it which has been used to the awakening of many.
370. the Jew Silenced
I met a Jew selling pictures, and having with me a Hebrew Bible, I asked him to read the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah. He did so beautifully. I simply said, "He is coming again, and your nation will look to Him whom they pierced." He stood in dumb silence, rapt in thought. Then he said, "I never heard that before." He could argue against Jesus of Nazareth, declare He was dead, but that He will come again, was new to Him.
371. Come to Judgment
A festive and godless lady passing a house in which a few Christians were assembled singing, heard the words repeated:
"Come to judgment, come to judgment.
Come to judgment, come away.”
They were the message of God to her soul, and resulted in her awakening and conversion.