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Shakes the vast creation round! | Shakes the vast creation round! | ||
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the sinner’s heart confound! | |||
2. See the Judge our nature wearing, | 2. See the Judge our nature wearing, | ||
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Then shall say, this God is mine! | Then shall say, this God is mine! | ||
Gracious Savior, own | Gracious Savior, own | ||
me in that day for thine! | |||
3. At His call the dead awaken, | 3. At His call the dead awaken, | ||
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By His look, prepare to flee. | By His look, prepare to flee. | ||
Careless sinner, what | Careless sinner, what | ||
will then become of thee?}} | |||
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“Hence, accursed wretch, depart! | “Hence, accursed wretch, depart! | ||
Thou with Satan | Thou with Satan | ||
and his angels, have thy part!” | |||
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Plunge you in the burning lake, | Plunge you in the burning lake, | ||
Think, poor sinner, | Think, poor sinner, | ||
thy eternal all’s at stake. | |||
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See the kingdom I bestow: | See the kingdom I bestow: | ||
You forever shall | You forever shall | ||
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{{bottom}}''The Day of Judgment'' by John Newton, 1779 | {{bottom}}''The Day of Judgment'' by John Newton, 1779 | ||
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 83 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other six stanzas from Newton's hymn added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-12). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 80 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four selected additional stanzas from Newton's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Nixington
First Line: Day of judgment, day of wonders
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: John Newton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 87. 87. 47 (87. 87. 11.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1793 in Shumway's The American Harmony, p. 176
Description: Words
by John Newton, his Hymn 77 of Book 2, entitled The Day of Judgment.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Day of judgment, day of wonders! |
4. Horrors past imagination, |
7. Under sorrows and reproaches, |
The Day of Judgment by John Newton, 1779