The Death of the Sinner and the Saint

What scenes of horror and of dread

Author: John Fawcett
Published in 51 hymnals

Representative Text

1 What scenes of horror and of dread
Await the sinner's dying bed!
Death's terrors all appear in sight,
Presages of eternal night.

2 His sins in dreadful order rise,
And fill his soul with sad surprise;
Mount Sinai's thunder shuns his ears,
And not one ray of hope appears.

3 Tormenting pangs distract his breast;
Where'er he turns he finds no rest;
Death strikes the blow; he groans and cries,
And in despair and horror dies.

4 Not so the heir of heavenly bliss:--
His soul is filled with conscious peace;
A steady faith subdues his fear!
He sees the happy Canaan near,

5 His mind is tranquil and serene;
No terrors in his looks are seen;
His Savior's smile dispels the gloom,
And smooths his passage to the tomb.

6 Lord! make my faith and love sincere,
My judgment sound, my conscience clear:
And, when the toils of life are past,
May I be found in peace at last.

Source: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #387

Author: John Fawcett

An orphan at the age of twelve, John Fawcett (b. Lidget Green, Yorkshire, England, 1740; d. Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 1817) became apprenticed to a tailor and was largely self-educated. He was converted by the preaching of George Whitefield at the age of sixteen and began preaching soon thereafter. In 1765 Fawcett was called to a small, poor, Baptist country church in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. Seven years later he received a call from the large and influential Carter's Lane Church in London, England. Fawcett accepted the call and preached his farewell sermon. The day of departure came, and his family's belongings were loaded on carts, but the distraught congregation begged him to stay. In Singers and Songs of the Church (1869), Josiah Miller te… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: What scenes of horror and of dread
Title: The Death of the Sinner and the Saint
Author: John Fawcett
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

What scenes of horror and of dread. J. Fawcett. [Death.] From his Hymns, &c, 1782, No. 34.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #387

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #520

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #CCCLXI

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns #CCCLXI

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A Selection of Hymns #DLIX

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #CCXXIII

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #223

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Hymns for Social Worship #504

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #713

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1277

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d926

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Family Hymns #d268

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #520

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Hymns for Christian Melody #871

Hymns Selected #d228

Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d227

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Hymns #724

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Select Hymns #224

Supplement to Watts #d453

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The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d593

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #595

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d455

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d248

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D224

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