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Hymn 59
Babylon fallen.
Rev. 18:20,21.
In Gabriel’s hand a mighty stone
Lies, a fair type of Babylon:
“Prophets, rejoice, and all ye saints,
God shall avenge your long complaints.”
He said, and dreadful as he stood,
He sunk the millstone in the flood:
“Thus terribly shall Babel fall,
Thus, and no more be found at all.”
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