That Great, Tremendous Day’s Approaching

That great

tre­men­dous day’s ap­proach­ing

That aw­ful scene is draw­ing nigh

Which was fore­told by an­cient pro­phets

Decreed from all eter­ni­ty.

Prepare my soul

re­flect and won­der

That aw­ful scene in draw­ing near

When you shall see the great trans­act­ion

When Christ in judg­ment shall ap­pear.

See na­ture stand­ing in amaze­ment

To hear the last loud trum­pet sound;

Arise

ye dead

and come to judg­ment

Ye na­tions of this world around:

The orb­èd lamps all veiled in sack­cloth

No more their shin­ing cir­cuit run

The wheel of time now stopped for­ev­er

Eternal things are now be­gun.

Green grave­yards

and the tombs of mar­ble

Give up their dead

both small and great;

And the whole world

both saint and sin­ner

Are coming to the judg­ment seat;

See Je­sus on the throne of jus­tice

In clouds des­cend­ing from the sky

With count­less hosts of shin­ing an­gels

With hal­le­lujahs shout for joy.