The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#939

939. When the last trumpet's awful voice

1 When the last trumpet's awful voice
This rending earth shall shake,
When opening graves shall yield their charge,
And dust to life awake,

2 Those bodies that corrupted fell,
Shall incorrupt arise,
And mortal forms shall spring to life
Immortal in the skies.

3 Behold, what heavenly prophets sung
Is now at last fulfilled;
And Death yields up his ancient reign,
And, vanquished, quits the field.

4 Let Faith exalt her joyful voice,
And now in triumph sing:
O Grave, where is thy victory?
And where, O Death, thy sting?

Text Information

• First Line: When the last trumpet's awful voice
• Author: William Cameron
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: CHINA
• Composer: Timothy Swan
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #724 or 647.