Scripture Verse

The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7

Introduction

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Daniel S. Warner
1842–1895

Words: Da­ni­el S. War­ner, An­thems from the Throne (Grand Junc­tion, Mi­chi­gan: Gos­pel Tru­mpet, 1888), num­ber 7.

Music: Mar­ma­ra An­drew L. By­ers, Sal­va­tion Ech­oes (An­der­son, In­di­a­na: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1900), num­ber 191 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Andrew L. Byers
1869–1952

Lyrics

There’s an awful day that’s coming,
Soon we’ll feel the judgment shock;
Then, poor sinner, seek a refuge
In the Everlasting Rock.

Refrain

Come, poor sinner, get salvation
Ere all hope has fled away;
Heed the warning, flee for refuge,
Come to Jesus, come today.

O’er thy head thy sins are forming
Into clouds of threatening storm;
Hear the angry thunders rolling,
Soon the woeful blast will come.

Refrain

Stop, poor sinner, madly heaping
Wrath against the day of wrath;
At thy horror and thy weeping,
Frowning judgment will but laugh.

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Soon thy heart will stop its beating,
Death, a sullen, awful flood,
End thy days so short and fleeting;
Quickly, sinner, come to God.

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Sinner, in this very moment,
Ere the billows sweep away
Grieved and slighted hopes of Heaven,
Flee for refuge while you may.

Refrain