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.