{The Handwriting on the Wall
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL-Knowles Shaw (arr. Ed
win Othello Excell)
The Handwriting on the Wall
}
At the feast of Belshazzar and a thousand of His
lords,
While they drank from golden vessels, as the Book
of Truth records-
In the night, as they revelled in the royal palac
e hall,
They were seized with consternation-'twas the Han
d upon the wall!
Chorus 'Tis the hand of God on the wall!
'Tis the hand of God on the wall!
Shall the record be Found wanting!
or shall it be "Found trusting!"
While that hand is writing on the wall?
See the brave, captive, Daniel, as he stood befo
re the throng,
And rebuk'd the haughty monarch for his mighty de
eds of wrong;
As he read out the writing-'twas the doom of one
and all,
For the kingdom now was finished-said the Hand up
on the wall!
See the faith, zeal and courage, that would dare
to do the right,
Which the Spirit gave to Daniel-'twas the secret
of his might,
In his home in Judea, or a captive in the hall,
He understood the writing of his God upon the wal
l!
So our deeds are recorded-there's a Hand that's
writing now
Sinner, give your heart to Jesus, to His royal ma
ndates bow;
For the day is approaching-it must come to one an
d all,
When the sinner's condemnation will be written on
the wall!