Adventist Pioneer Library

The Last Trumpet

O get your hearts in order, order, order,

  • No. 12
  • 13 stanzas
  • Words only in the original
1

O get your hearts in order, order, order,O get your hearts in order, order, order,O get your hearts in order, order, order,O get your hearts in order, for the end of time.For Gabriel's going to blow, &c.By and by, by and by,For Gabriel's going to blow by and by.

2

He'll encompass land and ocean, ocean, ocean,Encompass land and ocean at the end of time;

3

You will see the graves a bursting, &c.You will see the graves a bursting at the end of time.

4

You will see this world on fire, &c.You will see this world on fire at the end of time:

5

There will be an awful shaking, &c.There will be an awful shaking at the end of time.

6

How will you stand it sinner, &c.How will you stand it sinner at the end of time?

7

You will wish you were forgiven, &c.You will wish you were forgiven at the end of time;

8

But saints will not be frightened, &c.But saints will not be frightened at the end of time;

9

They'll rise and meet their Jesus, &c.They'll rise and meet their Jesus at the end of time;

10

He will lead them to his kingdom, &c.He will lead them to his kingdom at the end of time;

11

Then the warfare will be ended, &c.Then the warfare will be ended at the end of time;

12

We will shout above the fire, &c.We will shout above the fire at the end of time;

13

O if I no more see you, &c.If I no more see you till the end of time,O Gabriel's going, &c.

About this hymn

As printed Hymns designed for the use of the Second Advent Band* (1843) — printed pp. 21–23 (PDF 25–27), «HYMN 12.», italic title The Last Trumpet. Stanza 1 prints the threefold line and the refrain «For Gabriel's going to blow, &c. / By and by, by and by, / For Gabriel's going to blow by and by.»; stanzas 2–13 are couplets (the first line abbreviated with «&c.»). The Millennial Harp prints the same song with music under the same title (Part II, p. 40): twelve stanzas, without this book's last stanza «O if I no more see you, &c.». Words only: the book prints no music.

Source
Hymns designed for the use of the Second Advent Band (1843), words only
Where
No. 12 · printed page 21
Checked
lyrics verified · 2026-09-25