O the time is drawing near
When the Savior shall appear!
How can you meet Him
Guilty still and unforgiv’n?
When His precious life He gave
You from sin and death to save
How can you meet Him
Christ the Lord of earth and Heav’n?
How can you meet Him
How can you meet Him
Lest within His blood
Your sins are washed away?
How can you meet Him
How can you meet Him
And account to Him upon
The judgment day?
Having not His laws obeyed
With no pow’r your soul to aid
How can you meet Him
When in judgment He shall come?
Having all His pleading done
And from love and mercy turned
How can you meet Him
Knowing well your final doom?
Looking on a wasted past
Facing all your deeds at last
How can you meet Him
And receive your just reward?
Not one deed for Jesus done
Not one soul immortal won
How can you meet Him
And from Heaven be debarred?
Peace and joy beyond recall
Now from sin to disenthrall
How can you meet Him
In that morning face to face?
To be banished from the throne
Into death and woes unknown
How can you meet Him
If you’re not a child of grace?
Having not His laws obeyed
With no pow’r your soul to aid
How can you meet Him
When in judgment He shall come?
Having all His pleading done
And from love and mercy turned
How can you meet Him
Knowing well your final doom?
Looking on a wasted past
Facing all your deeds at last
How can you meet Him
And receive your just reward?
Not one deed for Jesus done
Not one soul immortal won
How can you meet Him
And from Heaven be debarred?
Peace and joy beyond recall
Now from sin to disenthrall
How can you meet Him
In that morning face to face?
To be banished from the throne
Into death and woes unknown
How can you meet Him
If you’re not a child of grace?
Peace and joy beyond recall
Now from sin to disenthrall
How can you meet Him
In that morning face to face?
To be banished from the throne
Into death and woes unknown
How can you meet Him
If you’re not a child of grace?