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haddenly the Great Day of the Lord
shall Come"


This grand Judgment Hymn, which autedate
nv pes lE'e' and contains the germ OF tina
matcAless ly re, 8 at least twelve hundred year
viu, because quoted by the Venerable Bede In
transla ion by aeN. NJ. Neale ID. -, the trans
iatoE OF The Celestial Country, and It may be tJun'
10 Little volume OF Nod eval ilJ mus, published
IN London IN 1861. The title in the original is "Ap
plreh't fepsntlus magma Dies DominlD
That great Day oi wrath and terror,
That last Day OF woe and doom,
Like tUiei that comes At midnight,
ON the sous Ui shdu come
When the pride and pump Of ages
AL shall utterly have pass'd,
And they stand IA anguish, owning
That thv rnd is here At last.
And tho Iumpst's pealinS clanEor
Thruusl the ulrth's four quarters sp,ead
naxiu- loud ana ever louder,
shall convcke the quick and dead
And the King ol heavenly glo-y
shall assume His throne on high
ana the cohorts OF His angels
snail be near him in the SKY;
And the sun shall turn to scckcloth.
And the moon be red as blood.
Aud the s.aTs shall iall from heaven,
Nhelm'd beneath distractions Hood
Flame and fire, and desOlation
At the Judges feet shall 20;
Earth and sea, and alkabysses
Shall HIS mighty sentence know.
Then the elect upon The right hand
o. the Lord SHAH stand around
But. like goats, the evil dOers
shall upon the lett be found.
Come, sc blessed, take the Kingdom"
shall he tnen the Kings award,
winch 'or GU, bsiore the world was.
az aly Father WAS prepared
Vas naked, anu yr clothed Me
Poor, ard relieved Me; hence
TAAe the riches Of My glory
For your endless recumpense"
Then Tho righteous shall make question:
"Mheu have W. beheld Thee poor,
Lord "a El1Ty When relieved Thee
Ly in needy AT our door,
Whom th3 blessed King shall answer
"hhen showed your charity,
Giving bread and home and raiment
What ye did was done to Me-"
In like manner TO the LEFT hand
That most righteous Judge shall say,
Go, ye cured, To- Gehenna,
And the hre that Is ior aye
For IN prison ye came not al lgh Me
Poor, ye Pitied not My lot
Naked, ye have never cothed Bic
Sick. ye visited Die not"
They shall say 20 Christ, when saw We
That Thou cllsi-t for our AID,
Aud IN prl-un. ar sick. or hungrS
To Gle. Aa., We delayed
Whom agaIn the Judge shall answer
'Sncr ye ever cast your eyes
On the SICK, and poor, and needy,
Ii was Me We did despise-
Backward, backward, at the sentence,
To 6chenna they shall fly,
Where the tame is never ending,
Where the worm can never die,
Where are Satan and his angels
In profoundest dungeon bound ,
Where are chains and lAmentatlon,
Where are quenchless flames around.
But the righteous, upward soaring,
To the heavenly land shall 20,
Midst the cohorts o! the Sngels,
Where Is joy Tor evermUrc.
To JeTusa lem, eXultng,
They with shouts shall enter N;
Thatttue sight OF peace and glory
That sets free IRON sriei and sin.
Christ shall they behold for ever,
Seated At the Fathers hand
As in Beatihc Vision
Ills elect before Him stand.
Wherefore, man, while yet thou mayest,
From the dra -on's malice fly
Give thy bread to .eod the hungry,
II thou scek - 10 win tie sky
Let THY loirs tc siraItly girded,
Life be pure ana heart he right;
At the coming Of the Bridegroom,
That thy lamp may glitter bright.