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This is an hymn by Charles Wesley, 1763, from Hymns for Children, entitled A Thought on Judgment. Meter is 86. 86 (C.M.).
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1. And must I be to judgment brought,
And answer in that day
For every vain, or 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.
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3. How careful then ought I to live,
With what religious fear,
Who such a strict account must give
Of my behavior 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 and do.
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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.
6. My peace thou hast already made,
While hanging on the tree,
My sins he on thy body laid,
And punish’d them in thee.
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7. Ah, might I, Lord, the virtue prove
Of thine atoning blood,
And know, thou ever livest above
My advocate with God;
8. Receive the answer of thy prayer,
The sense of sin forgiven,
And follow thee with loving care,
And go in peace to heaven.
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