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SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE NO. 15
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And also can we say |
That on the judgment day |
The one will be rejoicing, |
The other mourning stay. |
8. |
Christ tells us very plainly |
The gate is open wide |
And many enter vainly |
In worldliness and pride; |
The way is very broad, |
It is an easy road, |
Which leadeth to destruction |
And sorrow's dread abode. |
9. |
We read with greatest wonder |
In many places more, |
That Christ with trumpet's thunder, |
While angels round Him soar, |
Will come upon that day, |
The Holy Scriptures say, |
When everything material |
Will crash and pass away. |
10. |
And then must all assemble |
To meet His searching glance, |
Both strong and weak will tremble |
To see that countenance, |
The reckoning to hear, |
What each in his career |
Has done of good or evil — |
Oh, children, think and fear. |
11. |
Our secret inclinations |
Will then be open thrown, |
Our strongest aspirations |
Will in the light be shown, |