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13115 | The Cyber Hymnal#13116 | 13117 |
Text: | Behold, There Comes An Hour Unknown |
Author: | Horace L. Hastings |
Tune: | BRESLAU |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Behold, there comes an hour unknown,
When high upon His burning throne,
The Lord, who died for sinful men,
To judge the world shall come again.
2 Obedient to His high command,
From every nation, tribe and land,
The gathered sons of Adam meet
Around that awful judgment seat.
3 Behold the Judge! that brow of flame
Once wore the thorns and bore the shame;
His blood a Roman cross once dyed—
That Judge for me was crucified.
4 The voice of blasphemy is dumb,
The sinner’s day of fear has come!
The traitor’s kiss, the scorner’s sneer
Are known no more: the Judge is here.
5 Ah, see the myriad throngs divide!
To right and left they turn aside—
What wailing bursts from every heart
Which hears the awful word, "Depart!"
6 But lo! a fair immortal throng
Breaks forth in strains of endless song,
To hear the words, "Ye blessed come!
Receive your kingdom and your home."
7 Oh, sinner, you that Judge must meet,
And face that awful judgment seat;
Repent, and give Him now your heart
Ere you shall hear His word, "Depart."
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Behold, there comes an hour unknown |
Title: | Behold, There Comes An Hour Unknown |
Author: | Horace L. Hastings (1878) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: ARIZONA by Robert H. Earnshaw, DEPAUW by Robert G. McCutchan, MARYTON by H. Percy Smith |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BRESLAU |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | A Major |
Source: | As Hymnodus Sacer (Leipzig, Germany, 1625) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |