Second Advent

The great decisive day is at hand, is at hand!

No. 913
Metre P. M.
Tune DECISIVE DAY.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 6/8
3 stanzas

Words

The great decisive day is at hand, is at hand!The great decisive day is at hand;The day when Christ will come,To call his children home,And to seal the sinner's doom,—is at hand, is at hand;—And to seal the sinner's doom, is at hand.

Those who made his crown of thorns will be there, will be there!Those who made his crown of thorns will be there!Those who smote him with the reedUpon his sacred head,And made his temples bleed,—Will be there, will be there;—And made his temples bleed, will be there.

Where will the sinner hide in that day, in that day?Where will the sinner hide in that day?It will be in vain to call,"Ye mountains on us fall,"For his hand will find out allIn that day, in that day;For his hand will find out all in that day.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «SECOND ADVENT—EXECUTIVE JUDGMENT.»; hymn number «913» (large), tune name «DECISIVE DAY. P. M.» centred over the music, «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set with the music: lines 1–4 in roman between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «The» («The great de - ci - sive day is at hand, is at hand! The great de - ci - sive» / «day is at hand; The day when Christ will come, To call his chil - dren home,»), and lines 5–7 in italics under them after «D. C.—» («And to seal the sinner's doom,—is at hand, is at hand;—And to seal the sin - ner's» / «doom, is at hand.»), sung to the first part of the tune (up to «Fine.») after the D. C. Stanza 1 is given below in the order sung, divided into seven verse lines like stanzas 2–3; line 6 keeps the lower-case «is» of the print, where it follows «doom,—» on the same printed line. Stanzas 2 (left column) and 3 (right column) are printed as text below the music, numbered «2» and «3» without a stop; their first two lines run over to a second, deeply indented printed line («there, will be there!», «there!», «that day?»), joined here; the other lines are indented by sense in the print and are set flush here. No reference line. «Anon» in italics after stanza 3 (no stop visible). The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «?» («hand !», «hand ;—», «there !», «day ?»); it is closed up here. Curly quotation marks are written straight. Spelling, punctuation, dashes («doom,—», «bleed,—», «there;—») and capitals are the print's. A handwritten ink note of this copy («In 1869 Hymnal 34…») stands above the header; it is not part of the print.