Scripture Verse

The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10

Introduction

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Daniel S. Warner (1842–1895)

Words: Da­ni­el S. War­ner, Ech­oes from Glo­ry (Grand Junc­tion, Mi­chi­gan: Gos­pel Trum­pet Pub­lish­ing, 1893), num­ber 215.

Music: Bar­ney E. War­ren (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Barney E. Warren (1867–1951)

Lyrics

The earth shall melt with fervent heat,
The heavens pass away,
And all mankind their doom shall meet,
In that last great day.

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Oh, that last great day, is coming very soon,
’Tis the judg­ment day, and the lost shall weep;
’Tis the crowning day, and the saints shall greet
In that last great day.

The trump will sound, the Lord return,
And time no longer stay,
The world in judg­ment flames consume,
In that last great day.

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The elements that now compose
The ball on which we stay,
To smoke and vapor must dissolve,
In that last great day.

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So, all who make this world their god,
Can here no longer stay;
Their fondest hopes will all have fled,
In that last great day.

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The quick and dead, o’er land and sea,
Will leave their mortal clay;
And put on immortality,
In that last great day.

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The Church of God no more shall need,
This poor terrestrial home;
For she shall dwell with Christ, her head,
At the last great day.

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