Hymn
The Warning
And will the Judge descend,
And must the dead arise,
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes?
And from his righteous lips
Shall this dread sentence sound,
And through the num'rous guilty throng
Spread black despair around?--
3Depart from me, accursed,
To everlasting flame,
For rebel angels first prepared,
Where mercy never came.
How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day,
When earth and heav'n before His face
Astonished shrink away?
But ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark, from the Gospel's cheering sound,
What joyful tidings spread!
Ye sinners, seek His grace,
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;
Fly to the shelter of His cross,
And find salvation there.
Amen.
The Warning — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-warning
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Warning?
The words of The Warning were written by Philip Doddridge; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 55 more hymns by Philip Doddridge, including Thrice happy souls, who, born from heaven and Invitation to the Gospel Feast.
Is The Warning public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from American Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Warning?
The Warning is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Faith in Christ Our Sacrifice, O Lord, Our God, Arise and The Spirit in Our Hearts.