Day of Judgment! Day of Wonders!

The day of judgment by John Newton


 * 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 wilt 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 for Thine!


 * At His call the dead awaken,
 * Rise to life from earth and sea;
 * All the powers of nature shaken
 * By His look, prepares to flee.
 * Careless sinner, what will then become of thee!


 * Horrors, past imagination,
 * Will surprise your trembling heart,
 * When you hear your condemnation,
 * “Hence, accursed wretch, depart!
 * Thou, with Satan and his angels, have thy part!”


 * Satan, who now tries to please you,
 * Lest you timely warning take,
 * When that word is past, will seize you,
 * Plunge you in the burning lake:
 * Think, poor sinner, thy eternal all’s at stake.


 * But to those who have confessèd,
 * Loved and served the Lord below,
 * He will say, “Come near, ye blessed,
 * See the kingdom I bestow;
 * You forever shall My love and glory know.”


 * Under sorrows and reproaches,
 * May this thought your courage raise!
 * Swiftly God’s great day approaches,
 * Sighs shall then be changed to praise.
 * We shall triumph when the world is in a blaze.