Signs of Approaching Judgment

In the sun, and moon, and stars

Author: Reginald Heber
Published in 66 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. In the sun, and moon, and stars,
Signs and wonders have appeared;
Earth has groan'd with bloody wars,
And the hearts of men have fear'd.

2. Soon shall ocean's hoary deep,
Tossed with stronger tempests, rise;
Darker storms the mountains sweep,
Fiercer lightnings rend the skies.

3. Dread alarms shall shake the proud,
Pale amazement, restless fear;
And amid the thunder cloud
Shall the Judge of men appear.

4. But, tho' from his awful face,
Heav'n shall fade, and earth shall fly,
Fear not ye, his chosen race,
Your redemption draweth nigh.

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #939

Author: Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber was born in 1783 into a wealthy, educated family. He was a bright youth, translating a Latin classic into English verse by the time he was seven, entering Oxford at 17, and winning two awards for his poetry during his time there. After his graduation he became rector of his father's church in the village of Hodnet near Shrewsbury in the west of England where he remained for 16 years. He was appointed Bishop of Calcutta in 1823 and worked tirelessly for three years until the weather and travel took its toll on his health and he died of a stroke. Most of his 57 hymns, which include "Holy, Holy, Holy," are still in use today. -- Greg Scheer, 1995… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: In the sun, and moon, and stars
Title: Signs of Approaching Judgment
Author: Reginald Heber
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

In the sun and moon and stars. Bp. R. Heber. [Advent.] Appeared in the Christian Observer, Oct. 1811, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "2nd Sunday in Advent—Luke xxi." It was repeated with some changes in the text in Heber's posthumous Hymns, &c, 1827, p. 9. This text is that usually followed in the hymnbooks in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns #61

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #1104

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d243

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #715

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #483

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #483

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #483

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #483

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #483

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #483

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #604

Christ in Song #d274

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Christ in Song #939

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Church Poetry #216a

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Hymns and Tunes #327

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Hymns for Christian Melody #903

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Hymns for Church and Home #62

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #866

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #866

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #1104

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d537

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a687

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Hymns of Worship #591

Latter-Day Saint Hymns #d150

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New Hymn and Tune book #329c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #329c

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Plymouth Collection #a1155

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1155

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #171

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Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs #196

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #819

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1236

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1236

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1236

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1236

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1236

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1236

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Songs of Pilgrimage #1108

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Songs of the Church #1163

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d392

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #38a

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d335

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1155

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The Christian Psalmist #563

The Christian Psalter #d267

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The Church Hymnal #178

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The Church Praise Book #683

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The Cyber Hymnal #9799

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #252

The Gospel Praise Book #d209

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The Harp #1023

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a1023

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The Heart and Voice #299b

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The Jubilee Harp #687

The Millennial Harp #d206

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The Psalmody #1142

The Saints' Harp #d430

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #821

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The Union Harp #45

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d131

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