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THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

Unison.

GREAT God, what do I see and hear!
 * The end of things created:

The Judge of mankind doth appear,
 * On clouds of glory seated;

The trumpet sounds; the graves restore The dead which they contained before:
 * Prepare, my soul, to meet him!

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise
 * At the last trumpet's sounding,

Caught up to meet Him in the skies
 * With joy their Lord surrounding;

No gloomy fears their souls dismay; His presence sheds eternal day
 * On those prepared to meet him.

3 The ungodly, filled with guilty fears,
 * Behold his wrath prevailing;

For they shall rise, and find their tears
 * And sighs are unavailing:

The day of grace is past and gone; Trembling they stand before his throne,
 * All unprepared to meet him.

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