A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship ‎#402

402. The Lord, the Judge, his churches warns

1 The Lord, the Judge, his churches warns:
Let hypocrites attend and fear,
Who place their hope in rites and forms,
But make not faith nor love their care.

2 They dare rehearse his awful name
With lips of falsehood and deceit;
A friend or brother they defame,
And sooth and flatter those they hate.

3 They watch to do their neighbors wrong,
Yet dare to seek their Maker's face;
They take his cov'nant on their tongue,
But break his laws, abuse his grace.

4 And, while his judgments long delay,
They grow secure and sin the more;
They think he sleeps, as well as they,
And put far off the evil hour.

5 O dreadful hour, when God draws near,
And sets their crimes before their eyes!
Anguish their guilty souls shall tear,
And no deliv'rer dare to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord, the Judge, his churches warns
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1845
• Topic: Consummation of Things: Judgment and Eternity

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