Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: When Thou my righteous Judge shalt come
Topic: Christ/Second Advent
Writer: <no first name given> Huntington
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: CPM
Tune: Meribah
Hymn Number: 385
Page Number: 134, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHEN Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come,
To take Thy ransom'd people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?
I love to meet Thy people now,
Before Thy feet with them to bow,
Though vilest of them all;
But--can I bear the piercing though?--
What if my name should be left out
When Thou for them shalt call?
O Lord, prevent it by Thy grace!
Be Thou my only hiding-place
In this, th' accepted day;
Thy pard'ning voice, O let me hear,
To still my unbelieving fear;
Nor let me fall, I pray.
And when the final trump shall sound,
Among Thy saints let me be found,
To bow before Thy face;
Then in triumphant strains I'll sing,
While heav'n's resounding mansions ring
With praise of sov'reign grace.