Must I in Judgment Stand?

Must I in judg­ment stand?

Before my Lord ap­pear;

Shall I ap­pear at His right hand?

Or sen­tenced to des­pair?

Will then my Sav­ior say:

Come

join the heav’n­ly hosts?

Or must I then be driv­en away

To the in­fer­nal coasts?

O what will be my state

When I from hence shall flee?

O mat­ters of the great­est weight

To launch eter­ni­ty!

It strikes an aw­ful gloom

Far more than I can tell

When I think on the life to come

And where I am to dwell.

To hear the trum­pet sound

And see the flam­ing skies

And my great judge in glo­ry crowned

What fears will then arise!

O how shall I ap­pear

In that tre­men­dous day?

When I my judge’s voice shall hear:

Say

Come

or Go away.

O Sav­ior

hear my pray­er;

Such wit­ness grant to me:

Make me as­sured

when I ap­pear

That I shall go with Thee.