The Day of Judgment

Representative Text

1 And must I be to judgment brought,
And answer in that day
For every vain and idle thought,
And every word I say?

2 Yes, every secret of my heart
Shall shortly be made known,
And I receive my just desert
For all that I have done.

3 How careful, then, ought I to live!
With what religious fear!
Who such a strict account must give
For my behavior here!

4 Thou awful Judge of quick and dead,
Thy watchful power bestow;
So shall I to my ways take heed,
To all I speak or do.

5 If now Thou standest at the door,
O let me feel Thee near!
And make my peace with God, before
I at Thy bar appear.

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #472

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Notes

And must I be to judgment brought? C Wesley. [The Judgment.] First published in his Hymns for Children, 1763, No. 33, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "A thought on Judgment." It is not in common use in Great Britain, but in America stanzas i.-v. are given in the American Methodist Episcopal Collection, 1849; the Hymn Book of the Evangelical Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 1882, No. 839, and others. Full text in Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. vi. p. 401.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

PASSING AWAY (Watson)


MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #b182

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 1st Canadian ed. #d14

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Hymns and Tunes for Prayer and Social Meetings #44

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Hymns and Tunes #338

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d24

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Hymns for Christian Melody #897

Hymns for Schools and Families #d25

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #273

Hymns for Second Advent Believers #d6

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #373

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #373

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Hymns for the Camp. (3rd ed. rev. and enl.) #132

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1106

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d27

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d19

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #1106

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d41

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a179

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Hymns selected from various authors #448

Jesus Only, Songs and Hymns #d7

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Light and Life Songs No. 2 #235

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Light and Life Songs No. 4 #295

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Manual of Devotion #122

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Methodist Social Hymn Book #257

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Millennial Harp #C64

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Millennial Harp #M64

Millennial Musings #d6

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New Hymn and Tune book #23b

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New Hymn and Tune Book #23b

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New Onward and Upward #168

Ogle's Praise Hymns and Revivalist #d3

Old Camp Meeting Songs #d5

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Onward and Upward No. 2 #168

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Our Glad Hosanna #248

Pearls of Paradise. Abridged ed. #d8

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Pearls of Truth in Song #19

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d19

Popular Hymns No. 3 #d6

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Precious Gems No. 1 #197

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Precious Hymns No. 2 #139

Prison Hymn Book #d19

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.8

Redemption Hymns #d11

Resurrected Songs prepared for the Church #d14

Revival Hymns #d10

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d16

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #377

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #43

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Sacred Tunes and Hymns #177

Sentimental Songs #d7

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Service Hymnal #201

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Service Hymnal #600

Social Hymns, Original and Selected #d9

Songs for the Soul Winner #d3

Songs of His Coming #76

Songs of Old-Time Power #d7

Songs of Pentecostal Power #d6

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Songs of Pilgrimage #386

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Songs of the Cross #267

Soul Echoes #d16

Soul Melodies #d15

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d21

Spiritual Songs and Hymns, for Use in All Gospel Services #d23

Sunday School Hymn Book #d22

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Sunday-School Hymns #194

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Tears and Triumphs #231

Tested Songs #d15

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #582

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d32

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #95b

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d26

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #468

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d29

The American Repository of Sacred Music #d9

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The Baptist Psalmody #1239

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #201

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The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book #147

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The Brethren Hymnal #186

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The Centenary Singer #346

The Centennial Hymnal #d15

The Chapel Hymn Book #d22

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d22

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d22

The Chorister, and School Harmonist, 1st ed. #d2

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The Chorus #290

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The Chorus #291

The Christian Harmony #d9

The Christian Harmony #d15

The Christian Hymn Book #d31

The Christian Hymn Book (Ohio Auglaize Christian Conference) #d13

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d32

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The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #299

The Christian Lyre #d15

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The Christian Melodist #523

The Church Hymn Book #d38

The Church Hymnal #d18

The Complete Church Hymnal #d13

The Confederate Sunday School Hymn Book #d5

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The Cyber Hymnal #161

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