The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8406

8406. Fearful Thought Of Endless Doom

1 Fearful thought of endless doom—
Skies are rent, the Judge is come;
Clouds His throne; around Him stand
Angel guards, a countless band.

2 Hear the voice from shore to shore,
Tells that time shall be no more;
See the dead from dust arise,
Summoned to the great assize.

3 On His right are placed the just,
To the left the wicked thrust;
Well to Him are sinners known—
Known, but severed from His own.

4 These a blest retreat have won,
Earth’s delights who learned to shun;
Chose affliction, pain and loss,
Followed Him who bore the cross.

5 Cross, from which the Hebrew turned,
Cross, by haughty Gentiles spurned;
Thee with joy the righteous see,
But the lost with agony.

6 Deeper still their shame and dread,
Seeing Him whose blood they shed;
Lord, from sin Thy people keep,
Lest its dreadful fruit they reap.

7 Mingling joy with holy fear,
Praise we Him whose day is near;
Bless alike the Father’s name,
And the Spirit’s praise proclaim.

Text Information

• First Line: Fearful thought of endless doom
• Title: Fearful Thought Of Endless Doom
• Author: Jean B. de Santeüil
• Translator: Robert Campbell
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Cluniac Breviary, 1686; Tr.: Annus Sanctus (Vol. 1) by Orby Shipley (London and New York: Burns & Oates, 1884)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: In its initial publication, the hymn had a first line of Quid Obstupendum Cernimus, but in subsequent publications it appeared as Sensus Quis Horror Percutit.

Tune Information

• Name: TUNBRIDGE
• Composer: Jeremiah Clarke, 1670-1707
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Public Domain