Awake
thou careless world
awake!
That final judgment day will surely come;
What Heav’n hath fixed time cannot shake
Time never more shall sweep away thy doom.
Know
what the Lord Himself hath spoken
Shall come at last and not delay:
Though Heav’n and earth shall pass away
His steadfast Word can ne’er be broken.
Awake! He comes to judgment
wake!
Sinners
behold His countenance
In beauty terrible
and quake
Condemned beneath His piercing glance.
Lo! He to whom all power is given
Who sits at God’s right hand on high
In fire and thunder draweth nigh
To judge all nations under Heaven.
Awake! thou careless world
For none can tell how soon our God shall please
That suddenly that day should break?
No human wisdom fathoms depths like these.
O guard thee well from lust and greed;
For as the bird is in the snare
Or ever of its foe aware
So comes that day with silent speed.
Yet He in love delayeth long
The final day
and grants us space
To turn away from sin and wrong
And mourning seek in time His help and grace.
He holdeth back that best of days
Until the righteous shall approve
Their faith and hope
their constant love;
So gentle us-ward are His ways!
But ye
O faithful souls
shall see
That morning rise in love and joy
Your Savior comes to set you free
Your judge shall all your bonds destroy:
He
the true Joshua
then shall bring
His people with a mighty hand
Into their promised father-land
Where songs of victory they shall sing.
Rejoice! the fig tree shows her green
The springing year is in its prime
The little flowers afresh are seen
We gather strength in this great time;
The glorious summer draweth near
When all this body’s earthly load
In light that morning sheds abroad
Shall was as sunshine pure and clear.
Arise
and let us night and day
Watch for our Lord
and study o’er His Word
And in the Spirit ever pray
That we be ready when His call is heard;
and let us haste to meet
The Bridegroom standing at the door
That with the angels evermore
We too may worship at His feet.
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