The Judgment Day (Knapp)

Have you heard of the ap­point­ment

Which we all must sure­ly meet

When the fi­nal court as­sem­bles

With the Judge up­on His seat?

You will cer­tain­ly be sum­moned

For the Bi­ble tells me so

And what­ev­er your en­gage­ments

You must to the judg­ment go.

Oh

the weep­ing and the wail­ing

As the wick­ed turn away

To their aw­ful doom eter­nal

At the fi­nal judg­ment day.

Every eye shall then be­hold Him

See the Judge up­on His throne

And the wick­ed quail be­fore Him

All their guilt com­pelled to own;

Once de­rid­ed

now ex­alt­ed

Every knee to Him shall bow

Many slight­ed

Christ re­ject­ed

What a fear­ful har­vest now!

Every deed you have com­mit­ted

Will ap­pear be­fore the throne

All your in­ner

hid­den sec­rets

Then shall cer­tain­ly be known;

All the courts of Heav’n as­sem­bled

What a ga­th’ring that will be!

If you are not saved and rea­dy

What a dread­ful day for thee!

Oh

the so­lemn

tra­gic hor­rors

Of that aw­ful day of days

When the earth shall be on fire

And the heav­ens all ablaze;

When the wick­ed

in their fren­zy

On their knees shall wail­ing fall

And up­on the rocks and mount­ains

All in vain for help shall call.

Then the dread­ed

aw­ful sen­tence

Shall at last from Him be heard

With no hope of a rev­ers­al;

He can nev­er change His word;

Cursèd souls

de­part for­ev­er!

To the pun­ish­ment pre­pared

For the de­vil and his an­gels

Awful doom

for­ev­er shared.