Eternity! O dreadful thought
For thee, a child of Adam’s race,
If thou should’st in thy sins be brought
To stand before the awful Face,
From which the heaven and earth shall flee,
The Throned one of Eternity.
Eternity! But Jesus died—
Yes, Jesus died on Calvary:
Behold Him thorn-crowned, crucified,
The Spotless One made sin for thee.
O sinner, haste! for refuge flee—
He saves, and for Eternity.
Oh, what can equal joy divine?
And what can sweeter be,
Than knowing that the soul is safe
For all Eternity?
Safe in the Lord without a doubt,
By virtue of the blood;
For nothing can destroy the life
That’s hid with Christ in God.
ML-06/04/1972