Great God, what do I see and hear?

The end of things created!

The Judge of all men doth appear,

on clouds of glory seated.

The trumpet sounds, the graves restore,

the dead which they contained before!

Prepare, my soul, to meet him.

The dead in Christ shall first arise

at that last trumpet's sounding.

caught up to meet him in the skies,

with joy their Lord surrounding.

No gloomy fears their souls dismay,

his presence sheds eternal day

on those prepared to meet Him.

But sinners, fill’d with guilty fears,

Behold His wrath prevailing;

For they shall rise, and find their tears

And signs are unavailing:

The day of grace is past and gone;

Trembling they stand before the throne

All unprepared to meet Him

Great God, what do I see and hear:

the end of things created!

the Judge of all men doth appear,

on clouds of glory seated:

low at his cross I view the day

when heaven and earth shall pass away,

and thus prepare to meet him.