Scripture Verse

People will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. Mark 13:26

Introduction

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William Gadsby (1773–1844)

Words: Will­iam Gads­by, A Se­lect­ion of Hymns for Pub­lic Wor­ship, 10th edi­tion (Lon­don and Man­ches­ter, Eng­land: J. Gads­by & R. Groom­bridge, 1844).

Music: Dar­wall’s 148th John Dar­wall, in The New Uni­vers­al Psal­mo­dist, by Aar­on Will­iams, 1770 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

With great and aw­ful pow­er,
Jesus, the Judge, shall come,
To bid His foes de­part,
And take His child­ren home;
How will the wick­ed quake and fear,
When they be­fore Him must ap­pear.

He comes, the world to judge,
Nor will He take a bribe;
His wrath none can es­cape,
But His be­lov­èd bride;
Millions will un­to mount­ains call,
To hide them and up­on them fall.

Poor soul, what is thy hope?
On what dost thou de­pend?
Art thou a strang­er still
To Christ, the sin­ner’s Friend?
Soon thou must leave thy all be­low,
And then, O then, what wilt thou do?

Christians, lift up your heads;
Say, what has Je­sus done?
His match­less grace to you
The Sav­ior has made known;
Yes, you shall all His glo­ry see,
And from the se­cond death be free.