The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7329

7329. When the Last Trumpet's Awful Voice

1. When the last trumpet’s awful voice
This rending earth shall shake;
When opening graves shall yield their charge
And dust to life awake;

2. Those bodies that corrupted fell
Shall incorrupt arise,
And mortal forms shall spring to life
Immortal in the skies.

3. Behold, what heavenly prophets sung
Is now at last fulfilled;
And Death yields up his ancient reign,
And, vanquished, quits the field.

4. Let Faith exalt her joyful voice,
And now in triumph sing:
O Grave, where is thy victory?
And where, O Death, thy sting?

Text Information

• First Line: When the last trumpet's awful voice
• Title: When the Last Trumpet's Awful Voice
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707. The original title was "O for an Overcoming Faith"; Recast in the Church of Scotland's Translations and Paraphrases in 1781, where the revised version was attributed to William Cameron
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MOUNT AUBURN
• Composer: George Kingsley, 1811-1884
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 35356 32117 65332
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain