The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#887

887. And will the Judge descend?

1 And will the Judge descend?
And must the dead arise?
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes?

2 How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day,
When earth and heaven, before the Judge,
Astonished, shrink away!

3 But ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark! from the gospel's cheering sound
What joyful tidings spread!

4 Ye sinners, seek his grace
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;
Fly to the shelter of the cross,
And find salvation there.

5 So shall that curse remove,
By which the Saviour bled;
And the last awful day shall pour
His blessings on your head.

Text Information

• First Line: And will the Judge descend?
• Author: Philip Doddridge
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Second Advent: Executive Judgment

Tune Information

• Name: LISBON
• Composer: Daniel Read
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #1086, 89, or 403.