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And must I be to Judgment brought

  • No. 891
  • Metre C. M.
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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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 heartShall shortly be made known,And I receive my just desertFor all that I have done.

3

How careful, then, ought I to live,With what religious fear;Who such a strict account must giveFor my behaviour here!

4

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

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «891» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 298, with the reference line «937, 399, 854,» in italic figures beside it — ending with a comma, not a stop (sing to the tunes of hymns 937 CHINA and 399 HARVEY'S CHANT, both C. M.; the third figure reads 854 in the glyph, which is the 8s, 7s & 4 tune ZION — see uncertainties.md; no meter is printed — the four lines 8.6.8.6 are C. M.). Stanzas numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented. The first word «AND» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «And». «Charles Wesley.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «?», «;» and «!» («say ?», «Yes ;», «fear ;», «here !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («behaviour», «Judgment»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. The copy carries a handwritten note near the signature line (not printed; see the uncertainties of hymn 892).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Second Advent · No. 891 · printed page 298
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02