Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Sinner art thou still secure
Topic: Awakening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 14
Page Number: 019, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSinner, art thou still secure?
Wilt thou still refuse to pray?
Can thy heart and hands endure
In the Lord's avenging day?
See his mighty arm made bare!
Awful terrors clothe his brow!
For his judgment now prepare,
Thou must either break or bow.
At his presence, nature shakes,
Earth, affrighted, hastes to flee,
Solid mountains melt like wax,
What will then become of thee?
Who is coming may abide?
You that glory in your shame,
Will you find a place to hide,
When the world is wrapped in flame?
Then the great, the rich, the wise,
Trembling, guilty, self-condemned,
Must behold the piercing eyes
Of the judge they once blasphemed;
Where are now their haughty looks?
O! their horror and despair,
When they see the opened books,
And their dreadful sentence hear!
Lord, prepare us by thy grace,
Soon we must resign our breath,
And our souls be called to pass,
Thro' the iron gate of death.
Let us now our days improve,
Listen to the Gospel voice,
Seek the things that are above,
Scorn the world's pretended joys.
Lord, when flesh and heart shall fail,
Let thy love our spirits cheer;
Strengthened thus we shall prevail
Over Satan, sin, and fear.
Trusting in thy precious name,
May we thus our journey end;
Then our foes shall lose their aim,
And the Judge will be our Friend.