That Awful Day Will Surely Come { That Awful Day Will Surely Come CHINA-Timothy Swan AUGUSTUS-W. W. Johnson MEAR-Composer Unknown That Awful Day Will Surely Come } That awful day will surely come, Th'appointed hour makes haste, When I must stand before my Judge, And pass the solemn test. Thou lovely Chief of all my joys, Thou Sovereign of my heart! How could I bear to hear thy voice Pronounce the sound, "Depart!" Oh, wretched state of deep despair! To see my God remove, And fix my doleful station where I must not taste his love! Jesus, I throw my arms around, And hang upon thy breast: Without a gracious smile from thee, My spirit cannot rest. Oh, tell me that m worthless name Is graven on thy hands! Show me some promise in thy book, Where my salvation stands. Give me one kind, assuring word, To sink my fears again; And cheerfully my soul shall wait Her threescore years and ten.