At the Judgment Bar

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There's a day which the Lord hath appointed

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [There's a day which the Lord hath appointed]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 There’s a day which the Lord hath appointed,
When the world shall be judged righteously,
All the Nations together shall gather,
All the Universe present shall be.

Refrain:
At the great judgment bar we must gather
Ev’ry sin there uncovered shall be,
When your name shall be called, can you answer
Jesus’ blood made atonement for me.

2 On the right hand shall stand the redeemed ones,
Robed in garments all spotless and fair;
On the left the ungodly shall gather,
Doomed to unending woe and despair. [Refrain]

3 Ev’ry sin that was ever committed
Unatoned for by grace full and free,
Must be carried by ev’ry lost sinner
Thro’ unending eternity. [Refrain]

Refrain:
At the great judgment bar we must gather
All the Universe present shall be,
When your name shall be called, can you answer
Jesus’ blood made atonement for me.

4 Ev’ry soul that rejected the Savior,
And despised his redemption so free,
Shall be banished forever and ever
Into black darkness eternally. [Refrain]

5 But the righteous shall enter the Kingdom
Of their Father and Saviour Divine
With the Angels in unending glory,
As the son they forever shall shine. [Refrain]

Source: Calvary's Praises #74

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

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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First Line:	There's a day which the Lord hath appointed
Title:	At the Judgment Bar
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Refrain First Line:	At the great judgment bar we must gather
Copyright:	Public Domain