DAY OF JUDGMENT! DAY OF WONDERS!
"The trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised." 1 Corinthians 15:52
Words: John Newton, 1774; appeared in Olney Hymns, 1779.
Music: "St. Austin," Gregorian chant; arranged in Bristol Tune Book,
1876.
Alternate tunes: * Coronae.
* Eton.
* Kelveden.
Day of judgment! Day of wonders!
Hark! the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons will the sinner's heart confound!
See the Judge, our nature wearing,
Clothed in majesty divine;
You who long for His appearing
Then shall say, "This God is mine!"
Gracious Savior, own me in that day as Thine.
At His call the dead awaken,
Rise to life from earth and sea;
All the powers of nature, shaken
By His looks, prepare to flee.
Careless sinner, what will then become of thee?
But to those who have confessèd,
Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say, "Come near, ye blessèd,
See the kingdom I bestow;
You forever shall My love and glory know."