The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night…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
Words: Bernard B. Edmiaston, 1926. Appeared in Glorious Theme, edited by William H. Ruebush, Samuel Beazley, James H. Ruebush, Garland L. Shirley, Curtis Taylor & Alph Harrison (Dayton, Virginia: Ruebush-Kieffer, 1927), number 4.
Music: Wilmore Samuel W. Beazley, 1926 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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We are told that the Savior will come again,
And the heavens shall pass away;
Is your heart filled with joy, or with fear and pain,
When you think of that wondrous day?
Refrain
Do, you tremble, are you sad?
When you think of the judgment day?
Do, you tremble, are you sad?
When you think of the judgment day?
As a thief in the night will that great day come
When the earth melts with fervent heat;
Will the Lord bid you enter the saints’ bright home?
Will you share in the joy complete?
Refrain
Do you feel condemnation upon your soul?
Is your heart burdened sore alway?
Is there joy, or does sadness upon you roll,
When you think of the judgment day?
Refrain
Our dear Lord is not willing that one should die,
But that all men in Him should live;
Trust in Him, and the dangers will pass you by;
Life eternal to you He’ll give.
Refrain