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Christ in Song 36

How Shall We Stand in the Judgment?

Words: Harriet E. JonesMusic: Horatio R. Palmer

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1"And will gather out of his kingdm all things that do offend, and them which do iniquity."—Matt. 13: 41. When Je - sus comes to reap the har - vest, To gath - er in the grain, And we gaze a - way in - to His face, Who on the cross was slain; Shall we bear, from the lips of the Sav-iour, The words "faith-ful serv-ant" O Trembling with will open the book wherein the word is writ-ten, The word of life like; Will we hear from our blessed Re-deem - er, When the book is o - pened wide?

RefrainBut the Chief will be set-ter a - way; Then how shall we stand in the judgment of the great res - ur - rec-tion day?

2How shall we stand in the Judgment, Re - deemed from fear and si - lence; How shall we stand when we see our God In pres - ence of his love? There shall we look on his face in peace, For us it shall be sweet; We'll gath - er the wheat in his gar - ner; But wheat shall be un - tied.

Scripture
Matt. 13:41

By arrangement with Jno. J. Hesse

The verse

Meter
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Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
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Verse 1

"And will gather out of his kingdm all things that do offend, and them which do iniquity."—Matt. 13: 41. When Je - sus comes to reap the har - vest, To gath - er in the grain, And we gaze a - way in - to His face, Who on the cross was slain; Shall we bear, from the lips of the Sav-iour, The words "faith-ful serv-ant" O Trembling with will open the book wherein the word is writ-ten, The word of life like; Will we hear from our blessed Re-deem - er, When the book is o - pened wide?˘˘/˘/˘˘?//˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘//˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/109A

Verse 2

How shall we stand in the Judgment, Re - deemed from fear and si - lence; How shall we stand when we see our God In pres - ence of his love? There shall we look on his face in peace, For us it shall be sweet; We'll gath - er the wheat in his gar - ner; But wheat shall be un - tied./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/61A

Refrain

But the Chief will be set-ter a - way; Then how shall we stand in the judgment of the great res - ur - rec-tion day?˘˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/26A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.