When the Summons Shall Come

Verse 1

When the summons shall come to the Judgment at last, And this life with its deeds shall be finished and past; Oh, I tremble to think what my portion would be Were there no one to plead at the Judgment for me.

Chorus

Lo, there stands in the midst of the Judgment, a Lamb, Which was slain for poor sinners—a sinner I am; And at last, when I stand there, in silence, my plea Will be enter’d by Jesus, who’ll answer for me.

Verse 2

I have wander’d so far from a Father so kind, And so long in the lap of the world have reclined, That amid the dark thunders of Judgment I see Only one ground of hope for a sinner like me.

Verse 3

I would never dare stand at the Judgment alone With a conscience profaned and a heart as of stone; But the man of deep sorrows and dark Calvary Will be ready to stand at the Judgment with me.