Great God, What Do I See and Hear?

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.

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.

But sin­ners

filled with guil­ty fears

Behold His wrath pre­vail­ing.

In woe they rise

but all their tears

And sighs are un­avail­ing.

The day of grace is past and gone;

Trembling they stand be­fore His throne

All un­pre­pared to meet Him.

Great God

to Thee my spir­it clings

Thy bound­less love de­clar­ing.

One won­drous sight my com­fort brings

The Judge my na­ture wear­ing.

Beneath His cross I view the day

When Heav’n and earth shall pass away

And thus pre­pare to meet Him.