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550. The Day of Judgment

1 Oh, there will be mourning
Before the judgment-seat,
When this world is burning,
Beneath Jehovah's feet!

Chorus:
Friends and kindred there will part.
Will part to meet no more;
Wrath will sink the rebel's heart,
While saints on high adore.
Oh, there will be mourning
Before the judgment-seat.

2 Oh, there will be mourning
Before the judgment-seat!
When the trumpet's warning
The sinner's ear shall greet! [Chorus]

3 Oh, there will be mourning
Before the judgment-seat!
When, from dust returning,
The lost their doom shall meet. [Chorus]

4 Oh, there will be mourning
Before the judgment-seat;
Justice, ever frowning,
Shall seal the sinner's fate. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, there will be mourning
Title: The Day of Judgment
Author: Anon.
Refrain First Line: Friends and kindred there will part
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The General Judgment; Future Punishment; Judgment Day
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: JUDGMENT SEAT
Arranger: T. Hastings
Meter: P. M.
Key: e minor or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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