1 I shall stand one day at the great white throne;
When the Judge shall speak shall I stand alone?
Will the blood of Christ for my sin atone,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
Shall my heart be glad or must I be sad,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
2 Will my life of sin like a spectre rise
To accuse my soul of its course unwise
In refusing Christ as my sacrifice,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
Shall my heart be glad or must I be sad,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
3 Will the memories of the evil past
Throng about my soul, an array so vast?
Will they o’er my spirit their shadow cast
When I stand at the judgment bar?
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
Shall my heart be glad or must I be sad,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
4 If my roe is white as the driven snow,
Can the books when opened no evil show;
Then my heart shall sing and rejoice I know,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar,
If in Christ I trust then rejoice I must
When I stand at the judgment bar,
When I stand at the judgment bar?
Source: Light and Life Songs No. 3 #13
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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