4. Then woe to those who scorned the Lord And sought but carnal pleasures, Who here despised His precious Word And loved their earthly treasures! With shame and trembling they will stand And at the Judge’s stern command To Satan be delivered. 5. O Jesus, who my debt didst pay And for my sin wast smitten, Within the book of life, O may My name be also written! I will not doubt; I trust in Thee, From Satan Thou hast made me free And from all condemnation. 6. Therefore my Intercessor be, And for Thy bloody merit Declare my name from judgment free, With all who life inherit; That I may see Thee face to face With all Thy saints in that blest place Which Thou for us hast purchased. 7. O Jesus Christ, do not delay, But hasten our salvation! We often tremble on our way In fear and tribulation. Then hear us when we cry to Thee; Come, mighty Judge, and make us free From every evil! Amen. B. Ringwaldt, † 1599; P. A. Peter, 1880, tr., a. 553 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7 Great God, what do I see and hear? The end of things created; The Judge of mankind doth 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. O Christ, who diedst and yet dost live, To me impart Thy merit; My pardon seal, my sins forgive, And cleanse me by Thy Spirit. Beneath Thy cross I view the day When heaven and earth shall pass away, And thus prepare to meet Thee. W. B. Collyer, 1812. 554 S. M. And will the Judge descend? And must the dead arise And not a single soul escape His all-discerning eyes? 2. And from His righteous lips Shall this dread sentence sound; And, through the numerous guilty throng, Spread black despair around? 3. “Depart from Me, accursed, To everlasting flame, For rebel angels first prepared, Where mercy never came.” 4. How will my heart endure The terrors of that day, When earth and heaven before His face Astonished shrink away?