Luther's Hymn (Nun Freut
Euch). (8 7. 8 7. 8 8 7.)
Present form of melody by
Slow 𝅗𝅥 = 50.
Martin Luther, 1483-1546.
Unison.
Anon. (1802), W. B. Collyer (1812), T. Cotterill (1819), and others.
Great God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created:
The Judge of mankind doth appear,
On clouds of glory seated;
The trumpet sounds; the graves restore
The dead which they contained before:
Prepare, my soul, to meet him!
2 The dead in Christ shall first arise
At the last trumpet's sounding,
Caught up to meet Him in the skies
With joy their Lord surrounding;
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No gloomy fears their souls dismay;
His presence sheds eternal day
On those prepared to meet him.
3 The ungodly, filled with guilty fears,
Behold his wrath prevailing;
For they shall rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing:
The day of grace is past and gone;
Trembling they stand before his throne,
All unprepared to meet him.
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4 Great Judge, to thee our prayers we pour,
In deep abasement bending;
O shield us through that last dread hour,
Thy wondrous love extending.
May we, in this our trial day,
With faithful hearts thy word obey,
And thus prepare to meet thee.
