The great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
Revelation 6:17
Words & Music: Knowles Shaw, The Morning Star (Cincinnati, Ohio: Central Book Concern, 1877), number 42 (🔊 pdf nwc).
When the trump of God shall sound,
And the nations gather round,
And the Judge shall sit upon His royal throne;
Who will hear the welcome word,
From the lips of Christ the Lord,
Enter in, good and faithful, well done.
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Who shall be able then to stand?
Who shall be able then to stand?
All who trust in Christ the Lord,
And obey His holy word;
These shall be able then to stand.
When the deluge swept the world,
And to death its millions hurled,
And the waters covered over all the land;
Those who trusted in the Lord,
And obeyed His holy word,
These were all that were able to stand.
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When the cities of the plain
Were enveloped in the flame,
And destruction swept the multitudes away;
There was just a little band,
Who were able then to stand,
In that great and that terrible day.
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When the day of wrath is come,
And the day of mercy gone,
And to judgment they are called from every land;
Sinner, how is it with thee?
Christian, how then shall it be?
Shall we all be able then to stand?
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