Part II
The Last Trumpet
O get your hearts in order, order, order
- p. 40
- Key G minor
- Singing key F minor
- Time 2/4
- 12 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenMillennial Harp (1843), Part II, printed p. 40 (PDF 116); stanzas 2–12 printed as verse on p. 41
(PDF 117). Two staves (treble with the words, bass); G minor (two flats), 2/4, an eighth-note pickup.
Each stanza repeats its first half-line three times and then answers it with the refrain
«For Gabriel's going to blow, by and by», exactly as stanza 1 is printed under the staves.
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, by and by, by and by,
For Gabriel's going to blow, by and by.
He'll encompass land and ocean, ocean, ocean,
Encompass land and ocean at the end of time.
You will see the graves a bursting, &c.
You will see the graves a bursting, at the end of time.
You will see this world on fire, &c.
You will see this world on fire, at the end of time.
There will be an awful shaking, &c.
There will be an awful shaking, at the end of time.
How will you stand it sinner, &c.
How will you stand it sinner, at the end of time?
You will wish you were forgiven, &c.
You will wish you were forgiven, at the end of time.
But saints will not be frightened, &c.
But saints will not be frightened, at the end of time.
They'll rise and meet their Jesus, &c.
They'll rise and meet their Jesus, at the end of time.
He will lead them to his kingdom, &c.
He will lead them to his kingdom at the end of time.
Then the warfare will be ended, &c.
The warfare will be ended, at the end of time.
We will shout above the fire, &c.
We'll shout above the fire, at the end of time.
About this hymn
- Source
- Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
- Where
- Part II · printed page 40
- Checked
- score verified · 2026-09-21