Thoughts on judgment.

AND must I be to judgment brought, And answer in that day, For every vain and idle thought, And every word I say?

Yes, every secret of my heart Shall shortly be made known, And I receive my just desert, For all that I have done.

How careful then ought I to live, With what religious fear! Who such a strict account must give, For my behavior here?

Thou awful Judge of quick and dead, Thy watchful power bestow! So shall I to my ways take heed, To all I speak or do.

If now thou standest at the door, Oh let me feel thee near! And make my peace with God, before I at thy bar appear.