Great God! what do I see and hear?

The end of things created!

The Judge of mankind 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 the 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.

Great God! what do I see and hear?

The end of things created!

The Judge of mankind doth appear,

On clouds of glory seated.

Beneath His cross I view the day

When heaven and earth shall melt away,

And thus prepare to meet Him.