What If the Master Should Come?

What if the Master should come tonight? Would you be ready to go?

Author: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Tune: [What if the Master should come tonight?]
Published in 2 hymnals

Printable scores: Sibelius

Full Text

1 What if the Master should come tonight?
Would you be ready to go?
Can you now say you have done the right,
Or must you with shame say no?

Refrain:
What if the Master should come?
What if the Master should come?
Will you be ready, waiting to go?
Oh, what if the Master should come?

2 What if the Master should come tonight?
Would you not tremble with fears?
Or could you welcome that blissful sight,
Without bitter sighs or tears? [Refrain]

3 What if the Master should come tonight?
What if He’d say unto thee,
“Are you in darkness or in the light?”
Then what would your answer be? [Refrain]

4 What if the Master should come tonight?
Summon you up to His throne,
Open the books in His judgment light,
And sentence to woeful doom? [Refrain]

Select Hymns, 1911 (Timeless Truths)

Author: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren, 1867-1951 Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 20, 1867, Lew­is­ton, New York. Died: Ap­ril 21, 1951, Spring­field, Ohio. Buried: Vale Cem­e­te­ry, Spring­field, Ohio. Warren was con­verted in 1884 at a re­viv­al near Bang­or, Mi­chi­gan. Two years lat­er he joined Dan­i­el Sid­ney War­ner and his evan­gel­is­tic sing­ing com­pa­ny as a bass sing­er. The group was part of the Church of God Re­form­a­tion Move­ment in An­der­son, In­di­a­na. War­ren Is cred­it­ed with writ­ing over 7000 songs. His wife was Nan­nie Ki­gar, who be­longed to the sing­ing group that tra­veled the coun­try­side in the late 1800’s. Warren was a Church of God min­is­ter as well as a song writ­er,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: What if the Master should come tonight? Would you be ready to go?
Title: What If the Master Should Come?
Author: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Meter: 9.7.9.7.7.7.9.8

Media

Timeless Truths #66
  • What_If_the_Master_Should_Come.sib (SIB, Scorch)

Instances

Instances (2)TextImageAudioScore
Select Hymns for Christian Worship and General Gospel Service #d574
Timeless Truths #66TextScore