Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Heaven has confirmed the great decree
Topic: Funeral Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 165
Page Number: 165, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHeaven has confirmed the great decree,
That Adam's race must die;
One general ruin sweeps them down,
And low in dust they die.
Ye living men, the tomb survey,
Where you must quickly dwell;
Hark! How the awful summons sounds,
In every funeral knell!
Once you must die, and once for all
The solemn purport weigh;
For know, that heaven or hell attend
On that important day.
Those eyes, so long in darkness veil'd,
Must wake, the judge to see,
And every word and every 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.