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Text:The Trumpet sounds, The Judge Descends
Author:Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
Tune:GRACE CHURCH
Composer:Ignaz Josef Pleyel
Media:MIDI file

16276. The Trumpet sounds, The Judge Descends

1 The trum­pet sounds, the Judge des­cends,
A nu­mer­ous guard sur­rounds his throne;
His once-dis­hon­ored form appears,
Far bright­er than the noon-day sun.

2 Millions be­fore Him trem­bling stand,
And wait the great de­ci­sive word—
"Depart to ev­er­last­ing woe,"
Or "Come, ye bless­èd of the Lord."

3 According to their deeds per­formed,
The right­eous sen­tence shall be giv’n;
For saints and sin­ners is pre­pared,
A dread­ful hell or glo­ri­ous Heav’n.

Text Information
First Line: The trum­pet sounds, the Judge des­cends
Title: The Trumpet sounds, The Judge Descends
Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: HEBRON by Lowell Mason, HESPERUS by Henry Baker, HILKIAH by Lowell Mason
Tune Information
Name: GRACE CHURCH
Composer: Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1815)
Meter: LM
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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