Wednesday, July 05, 2023

It will all be made visible

1105 C. M.
Secrets of the heart made known.

AND must I be to judgment brought,
   And answer in that day
   For every vain and idle thought,
   And every word I say?

2 Yes, every secret of my heart
   Shall shortly be made known,
   And I receive my just desert
   For all that I have done.

3 How careful then ought I to live;
   With what religious fear;
   Who such a strict account must give
   For my behaviour here.

4 Thou awful Judge of quick and dead,
   The watchful power bestow;
   So shall I to my ways take heed,—
   To all I speak or do.

5 If now thou standest at the door,
   O let me feel thee near;
   And make my peace with God, before
   I at thy bar appear.
                         Charles Wesley
                         Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)

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