Scripture Verse

Before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.…Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Matthew 25:34,41

Introduction

Words: Will­iam C. Muf­fitt, in Ce­les­ti­al Songs, ed­it­ed by Ben­jam­in Funk (Ath­ens, Mi­chi­gan: B. B. Funk, 1890), num­ber 24, alt.

Music: Ma­roon Bells Ben­ja­min B. Funk (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Funk (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
William C. Muffitt (1859–1949)

Lyrics

O, the time is fast ap­proach­ing,
When the judg­ment day shall come,
When we’ll hear the trum­pet sound­ing;
Will we hear Him say, Come home?

Refrain

The judg­ment day is draw­ing near,
And are we saved from all our sin?
O, will we hear the Mas­ter say,
Come, ye bless­èd, en­ter in?

There shall be be­fore Him ga­thered,
Every soul from ev­ery land;
Will you be among the right­eous,
Or with those at His left hand?

Refrain

O! how sad ’twill be, my bro­ther,
For you at the judg­ment day,
When He says, Ye bless­èd, en­ter,
But then you are turned away.

Refrain

We shall all meet at the judg­ment;
All hearts must be free from sin,
Or He’ll say, De­part, ye curs­èd,
And they can­not en­ter in.

Refrain