Remember, man, that aw­ful day,
When all in judg­ment must ap­pear,
When none can screen or flee away,
But stand, their sen­tence there to hear.

When all the na­tions of the earth,
Yea, all that are of Ad­am’s race,
From east and west, and south and north
Are called be­fore their judge’s face.

Impartial judg­ment then shall pass
Without in­dul­gence or regard;
And ev­ery rank and ev­ery class,
Receive its just and due re­ward.

There no re­spect to man is paid,
But all must stand the so­lemn test:
The beg­gar and the crown­èd head,
Must be for ever cursed or blessed.

Those sins and vic­es here con­cealed,
And hid­den from the eyes of men,
Shall be to pub­lic view re­vealed,
With ev­ery blot and guilt and stain.

What dread will seize the guil­ty mind,
And what a burn­ing hell with­in;
What hor­rors will those wretch­es find,
Who lived and died in will­ful sin.

Our minds im­pressed with such a thought,
Should fill our hearts with ho­ly fear,
And this should ne­ver be for­got:
In judg­ment we must all ap­pear.