There shall come a night of such wild affright,
As none beside shall know;
When the heavens shall shake, and the wide earth quake
In its last and deepest woe!
What horrors shall roll o’er the godless soul,
Waked from its death-like sleep;
Of all hope bereft, and to judgment left,
For ever to wail and weep!
O children, give ear, while the saints are near!
Soon must the tie be riven,
And men, side by side, God’s hand shall divide,
As far as hell’s depths from heaven.
The children of day are summoned away:
Left are the children of night—
Sealed is their doom, for there’s no more room:
Filled are the mansions of light!
What an awful cry will rend the sky,
“Open to us, O Lord!”
O, dear children, yet, ere the door be shut,
Let that cry in faith be heard.
O children! to Jesus come now,
O! come while you may, while still ‘tis the day
Of grace, salvation, and love.
ML 12/14/1924