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AND will the Judge descend

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16 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1876 #343

Millennial Harp #34 · 1843Hymns and Tunes 1876 #343 · 1876

Verse 1

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

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

2. How will my heart endure The terrors of that day, When earth and Heaven before his face, Astonished, shrink away?

Verse 2

How will my heart endure The terrors of that day, When earth and Heaven shall before the Judge, Astonished, shrink away?

Verse 3

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

4. Ye sinners, see His grace Whose wrath ye cannot bear; Flee to the shelter of His cross, And find salvation there.

Verse 4

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

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Verse 5

So shall that curse remove, By which the law was sealed; And the last awful day shall pour His blessings on your head.