Remember, Man, That Awful Day

Remember

man

that aw­ful day

When all in judg­ment must ap­pear

When none can screen or flee away

But stand

their sen­tence there to hear.

When all the na­tions of the earth

Yea

all that are of Ad­am’s race

From east and west

and south and north

Are called be­fore their judge’s face.

Impartial judg­ment then shall pass

Without in­dul­gence or regard;

And ev­ery rank and ev­ery class

Receive its just and due re­ward.

There no re­spect to man is paid

But all must stand the so­lemn test:

The beg­gar and the crown­èd head

Must be for ev­er cursed or blessed.

Those sins and vic­es here con­cealed

And hid­den from the eyes of men

Shall be to pub­lic view re­vealed

With ev­ery blot and guilt and stain.

What dread will seize the guil­ty mind

And what a burn­ing hell with­in;

What hor­rors will those wretch­es find

Who lived and died in will­ful sin.

Our minds im­pressed with such a thought

Should fill our hearts with ho­ly fear

And this should nev­er be for­got:

In judg­ment we must all ap­pear.