Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Heav'n has confirm'd the dread decree
Topic: Mournful Scenes
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 296
Page Number: 366, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHEAV'N has confirm'd the dread decree
That Adam's race must die:
One gen'ral ruin sweeps them down,
And low in dust they lie.
Ye living men, the tomb survey
Where you must shortly dwell;
Hark! how the awful summons sounds,
In ev'ry fun'ral knell!
Once you must die, and once for all;
The solemn purport weigh;
For know that heav'n or hell depends
On that import day.
Those eyes, so long in darkness veil'd,
Must wake, the Judge to see;
And ev'ry word and ev'ry thought
Must pass his scrutiny.
O may I in the Judge behold
My Saviour and my Friend,
And, far beyond the reach of death,
With all his saints ascend.