Scripture Verse

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people. Gather my saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. Psalm 50:3–5

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Adapt­ed from When Christ to Judg­ment Shall Des­cend, by Is­aac Watts, 1719. Ap­peared in Se­lect Por­tions of Psalms (Lon­don: J. Bat­ten, 1807), page 48.

Music: Na­omi Hans G. Nä­ge­li. Ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son, 1836 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

When Christ in judg­ment shall des­cend
And saints sur­round the Lord,
He bids un­numbered worlds at­tend
The sen­tence of His word.

Throned on a cloud He soon shall come,
Bright flames pre­pare His way;
Thunder and dark­ness, fire and storm,
Lead on the dread­ful day.

Heav’n from above His call shall hear,
Attending an­gels come,
And earth and hell shall know and fear
His jus­tice and their doom.

But ga­ther all My saints, He cries,
That sought their peace with God,
By the Re­deem­er’s sac­ri­fice,
And found it in His blood.

Their faith and works brought forth to light
Shall make the world con­fess,
The gift of My re­ward is right;
And Heav’n shall sing My grace.