The judg­ment has set, the books have been op­ened;
How shall we stand in that great day,
When ev­ery thought, and word, and act­ion,
God, the right­eous Judge, shall weigh?

Refrain

How shall we stand in that great day?
How shall we stand in that great day?
Shall we be found be­fore Him want­ing?
Or with our sins all washed away?

The work is be­gun with those who are sleep­ing,
Soon will the liv­ing here be tried,
Out of the books of God’s re­mem­brance,
His de­ci­sion to abide.

Refrain

O, how shall we stand that mo­ment of search­ing,
When all our sins those books re­veal?
When from that court, each case de­cid­ed,
Shall be grant­ed no ap­peal?