Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: The Lord the Judge before his throne
Topic: Judgment
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 156
Page Number: 156, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Lord, the Judge, before his throne,
Bids the whole earth draw nigh;
The nations near the rising sun,
And near the western sky.
No more shall bold blasphemers say,
"Judgment will ne'er begin;"
No more abuse his long delay,
To impudence and sin.
Throned on a cloud, our God shall come,
Bright flames prepare his way;
Thunder and darkness, fire and storm,
Lead on the dreadful day.
Heaven from above his call shall hear,
Attending angels come,
And earth and hell shall know and fear
His justice and their doom.
"But gather all my saints," he cries,
"That made their peace with God,
"By the Redeemer's sacrifice,
"And sealed it with his blood.
"Their faith and works be brought forth to light,
"Shall make the world confess,
"My sentence of reward is right,
"And heaven adore my grace."