Let Wanton Men Beware

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Let wanton men beware

Author: John Berridge
Tune: ABER
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Let wanton men beware,
How Jesus they despise;
In awful pomp He will appear,
Descending from the skies!

2 His trumpet will proclaim
The Judge, the Judge is near!
And earth will melt with fervent flame
And seas dry up with fear!

3 A shouting heavenly host
Around Him will be ranged;
The dead will hear and start up first
And then the quick be changed.

4 Ye wise and favored few,
Who lodge at mercy’s gate,
Oh, keep the Savior well in view,
And for His coming wait.

5 And hear, ye foolish men,
Who talk with impious breath,
And glory in a life unclean:
Such mirth will end in death.

6 Your bitter sad remorse
No tongue can truly tell,
If Jesus once pronounce His curse,
And sink you down to hell.

7 Oh, thoughtless men, be wise,
Before it be too late,
From sleep awake, from sin arise,
And knock at mercy’s gate.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13699

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Author: John Berridge

Berridge, John, born at Kingston, Notis, March 1, 1716, and educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 1749 he was ordained as curate to the parish of Stapleford, near Cambridge, and in 1755 he was preferred to the Vicarage of Everton, where he died Jan. 22, 1793. His epitaph, written by himself for his own tombstone (with date of death filled in), is an epitome of his life. It reads:— " Here lies the remains of John Berridge, late Vicar of Everton, and an itinerate servant of Jesus Christ, who loved his Master and His work; and after running on His errands for many years, was caught up to wait on Him above. Reader! art thou born again? (No salvation without a new birth.) I was born in sin, February, 1716; remained ignorant of my fallen sta… Go to person page >

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