The Great Judgment Day (Morris)

Soon the trum­pet sound ap­pal­ling

And the loud arch­an­gel call­ing

Shall up­on our ears be fall­ing

On the great judg­ment day.

Are you rea­dy

are you rea­dy?

O my bro­ther

can we say

We are rea­dy

ful­ly rea­dy

For the great judg­ment day?

We shall see the Judge des­cend­ing

And the dead in Christ as­cend­ing

With the heav’n­ly hosts at­tend­ing

On the great judg­ment day.

You’ll be glad to have sal­va­tion

When He sum­mons ev­ery na­tion

To the fi­nal se­pa­ra­tion

On the great judg­ment day.

Some to outer dark­ness go­ing

On their faces ter­ror grow­ing;

Some

to drink from fount­ains flowing

On the great judg­ment day.

There’ll be weep­ing

there’ll be wail­ing

Unbelievers trem­bling

quail­ing

Tears and cries—all un­avail­ing

On the great judg­ment day.

There’ll be shout­ing

there’ll be sing­ing

There’ll be joy in Heav­en ring­ing

When the King His own comes bring­ing

On the great judg­ment day.

For the Bride­groom’s glad re­turn­ing

(Here at last

our souls’ great yearn­ing!)

Will our lamps be trimmed and burn­ing

On the great judg­ment day?

Heed to­day the ex­hor­ta­tion

Hearken

ev­ery tribe and na­tion

Now’s the time for pre­pa­ra­tion

For the great judg­ment day.