Our Savior comes to raise the just

Representative Text

1 Our Saviour comes to raise the just,
Who long have slumbered in the dust;
His voice will break their long repose;
And snatch them from the last of foes.

2 He comes to change the waiting ones
Who now endure the world's cold frowns;
Their feet are planted on the Rock;
They fear not, though a little flock.

3 Sinner, dost thou not dread thy doom?
The retribution hastens on;
Stern justice lifts the avenging sword
To slay the mocker of God's word.

4 O then repent, ere the decree,
"Let him that's filthy, filthy be,"
From the stern Judge's lips shall fall,
And thou for rocks and mountains call!



Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #880

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First Line: Our Savior comes to raise the just
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WARRINGTON

WARRINGTON was composed by Ralph Harrison (b. Chinley, Derbyshire, England, 1748; d. Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1810) and published in his collection of psalm tunes, Sacred Harmony (1784). The tune's rising inflections help to accent words such as erotic (probably the only time this word has b…

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