Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#458a

458a. And will the Judge descend?

1 And will the Judge descend?
And must the dead arise?
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes?

2 And from His righteous lips
Shall this dread sentence sound;
And, through the num'rous guilty throng,
Spread black despair around?

3 "Depart from me, accursed,
"To everlasting flame,
For rebel-angels first prepared,
Where mercy never came."

4 How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day,
When earth and heav'n, before His face,
Astonished, shrink away?

5 But ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark, from the Gospel's cheering sound,
What joyful tidings spread!

6 Ye sinners, seek His grace
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;
Fly to the shelter of His cross,
And find salvation there.

Text Information

• First Line: And will the Judge descend?
• Author: Rev. Philip Doddridge (1755)
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Second Sunday of Advent; Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Judgment
• Notes: Alternate Tune: SHAWMUT, #427

Tune Information

• Name: BARNBY (Passion) (Supplication)
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1863)
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Key: E♭ Major