The hour will quickly come, When earth shall hear its doom; At His command the flames shall rise; Ten thousand thunders roar, And rage from shore to shore; While all dissolve, both earth and skies. See, see the Judge appear! His last great mandate hear, To judgment, all ye nations come! The nations all obey, And, trembling, haste away To meet their everlasting doom. Now all the human race Appear before the face Of sovereign majesty divine: Ye guilty and impure, How will ye then endure Your dreadful destiny to hear? Great day, that shall descry To every wondering eye The secret deeds of day and night! The sacred volume large Its records shall discharge, And bring our every thought to light. The bold blasphemer there Will tremble and despair; No way to shun impending ire; Where shall the guilty hide, Or the fierce day abide, When He appears revealed in fire? With pangs unfelt before, Too late they now implore A refuge from tremendous wrath; With what stupendous awe They hear the fiery law Consign them to eternal death!