The Last Day

Verse 1

The great archangel’s trump shall sound, While twice ten thousand thunders roar Tear up the graves, and cleave the ground, And make the greedy sea restore.

Verse 2

The greedy sea shall yield her dead, The earth no more her slain conceal; Sinners shall lift their guilty head, And shrink to see a yawning hell.

Verse 3

But we, who now our Lord confess, And faithful to the end endure, Shall stand in Jesus’ righteousness, Stand, as the Rock of ages, sure.

Verse 4

We, while the stars from heaven shall fall, And mountains are on mountains hurled, Shall stand unmoved amidst them all, And smile to see a burning world.

Verse 5

The earth, and all the works therein, Dissolve, by raging flames destroyed, While we survey the awful scene, And mount above the fiery void.

Verse 6

By faith we now transcend the skies, And on that ruined world look down; By love above all height we rise, And share the everlasting throne.