Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Day of judgment day of wonders
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s 7s and 4s
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Hymn Number: 563
Page Number: 288, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDAY of judgment, day of wonders!
Hark the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round;
How the summons
Will the sinner's heart confound!
See the Judge our nature wearing,
Cloth'd in Majesty divine!
You who long for his appearing,
Then shall say, "This Lord is mine!"
Gracious Saviour,
Own me in that day for thine!
At his call the dead awaken,
Rise to life from earth and sea;
All the powers of nature shaken,
By his looks prepare to flee.
Careless sinner,
What will then become of thee!
Horrors past imagination,
Will surprise your trembling heart,
When you hear your condemnation,
"Hence, accursed wretch, depart!
Hence with satan,
And his angels have your part."
But to those who have confessed,
Lov'd and serv'd him here below,
He will say, "Come near you blessed,
See the kingdom I bestow;
You forever,
Shall my love and glory know."
Under sorrows and reproaches,
May this thought our courage raise!
Swiftly God's great day approaches,
Sighs shall then be chang'd to praise:
May we triumph,
When the world is in a blaze!