Laudes Domini ‎#580

580. Prepare to meet God

1 Great God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The Judge of man I see appear,
On clouds of glory seated:
The trumpet sounds; the graves restore
The dead which they contained before;
Prepare, my soul, to meet him.

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise,
At the last trumpet's sounding--
Caught up to meet him in the skies,
With joy their Lord surrounding;
No gloomy fears their souls dismay,
His presence sheds eternal day
On those prepared to meet him.

3 But sinners, filled with guilty fears,
Behold his wrath prevailing;
For they shall rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing:
The day of grace is past and gone;
Trembling they stand before the throne,
All unprepared to meet him.

4 Great God! what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The Judge of man I see appear,
On clouds of glory seated:
Beneath his cross I view the day
When heaven and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepared to meet him.

Text Information

• First Line: Great God, what do I see and hear!
• Title: Prepare to meet God
• Author: William B. Collyer
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Deuteronomy 30:19
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 11:9
  ;
  Jeremiah 8:20
  ;
  Daniel 12:2
  ;
  Joel 2:1
  ;
  Amos 4:12
  ;
  Malachi 3:2
  ;
  Matthew 24:44
  ;
  Matthew 25:33
  ;
  Acts 1:11
  ;
  1 Peter 4:18
• Topic: Advent of Christ: To Judgment; Christ: Judge; Death

Tune Information

• Name: JUDGMENT
• Meter: P. M.
• Key: A Major
• Source: P. Klug's Gesangbuch