Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians ‎#199

199. The Judgment Day

1 See the eternal Judge descending,
Seated on his Father's throne,
Now poor sinner, Christ shall shew thee
He is the eternal Son;
Trumpets call thee,
Come to hear thy awful doom.

2 Hear the sinner thus lamenting
At the thoughts of future pain;
Cries and tears he now is venting,
But he cries and weeps in vain,
Greatly mourning
That he ne'er was born again.

3 Yonder stands the lovely Saviour,
With the marks of dying love;
Oh! that I had sought his favour,
When I felt his Spirit move!
Doomed justly,
For I have against him strove.

4 All his warnings I have slighted,
While he daily sought my soul;
If some vows to him I plighted,
Yet for sin I broke the whole;
Golden moments,
How neglected did they roll.

5 Yonder stands my godly neighbours,
Who were once despis'd by me,
They are clad in dazzling splendor,
Waiting my sad fate to see;
Farewel neighbours,
Dismal gulph I'm bound for thee.

6 Hail ye ghosts that dwell in darkness,
Grov'ling, rattling, of your chains,
Christ has now denounc'd our sentence,
We must dwell in endless pains;
Down I'm rolling,
Never to return again.

7 Now experience plainly shows me,
Hell is not a fabled thing;
Lo, I see my friends in glory,
Round the throne they ever sing;
I'm tormented
By an everlasting sting.

Text Information

• First Line: See the eternal Judge descending
• Title: The Judgment Day
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1803
• Notes: Public Domain.

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