The Day Is Surely Drawing Near

The day is sure­ly draw­ing near

When God’s Son

the An­oint­ed

Shall with great ma­jes­ty ap­pear

As Judge of all ap­point­ed.

All mirth and laught­er then shall cease

When flames on flames will still in­crease

As Scrip­ture tru­ly teach­eth.

A trum­pet loud shall then re­sound

And all the earth be shak­en;

Then all who in their graves are found

Shall from their sleep awak­en.

But all that live shall in that hour

By the Al­migh­ty’s bound­less pow­er

Be changed at His com­mand­ing.

A book is op­ened then to all

A re­cord tru­ly tell­ing

What each hath done

both great and small

When he on earth was dwell­ing;

And ev­ery heart be clear­ly seen

And all be known as they have been

In thoughts and words and act­ions.

Then woe to those who scorned the Lord

And sought but car­nal plea­sures

Who here des­pised His pre­cious Word

And loved their earth­ly trea­sures!

With shame and trem­bling they will stand

And at the Judge’s stern com­mand

To Sa­tan be de­liv­ered.

O Je­sus

who my debt didst pay

And for my sin wast smit­ten

Within the Book of Life

oh

may

My name be al­so writ­ten!

I will not doubt; I trust in Thee

From Sa­tan Thou hast made me free

And from all con­dem­na­tion.

Therefore

my in­ter­cess­or be

And for Thy blood and mer­it

Declare my name from judg­ment free

With all who life in­her­it;

That I may see Thee face to face

With all thy saints in that blest place

Which Thou for us hast pur­chased.

O Je­sus Christ

do not de­lay

O hast­en our sal­va­tion!

We oft­en trem­ble on our way

In fear and tri­bu­la­tion.

Then hear us when we cry to Thee;

Come

migh­ty Judge

and make us free

From ev­ery ev­il.