The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13061

13061. What Will Your Answer Be?

1 When dawneth the last great day,
And Christ as a judge you see,
When called to account for the good you have done,
O what will your answer be?

Refrain:
What will your answer be?
O what will your answer be?
When life’s shadows fall, and Jesus shall call,
O what will your answer be?

2 Has life been for self alone,
Or given in service true?
Has anyone entered the heavenly goal,
Because you have helped them thro’? [Refrain]

3 In love have you shared a load
Too heavy for one to bear?
Or spoken a comforting word to a soul,
Or whispered an earnest prayer? [Refrain]

4 Thro’ all of your glad, bright days,
What sacrifice did you make?
O surely a cup of cold water you gave
With joy, for your Lord’s dear sake? [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: When dawneth the last great day
• Title: What Will Your Answer Be?
• Author: Lizzie DeArmond (1917)
• Refrain First Line: What will your answer be?
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Help by James M. Black (New York: Abingdon Press, 1917)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [When dawneth the last great day]
• Composer: J. K. Everett
• Key: A♭ Major