10404. A Dread And Solemn Hour

1 A dread and solemn hour
To us is drawing near;
When we before the throne of God
All present shall appear.

2 What answer shall we give,
When God Himself demands
The uses of such times as these,
In judgment at our hands?

3 And must we then confess
That all was spent in vain
The seasons that were once our own,
But cannot be again?

4 This will be dark indeed;
To regions of despair
Our own neglect will sink us down,
To mourn forever there.

Text Information
First Line: A dread and solemn hour
Title: A Dread And Solemn Hour
Author: Anonymous
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: Sunday School Hymn Book (Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union, 1827)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. BRIDE
Composer: Samuel Howard (1762)
Meter: SM
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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