Turn Again

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,

“This generation is an evil generation;

it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,

except the sign of Jonah.

Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,

so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

At the judgment 

the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation

and she will condemn them,

because she came from the ends of the earth

to hear the wisdom of Solomon,

and there is something greater than Solomon here.

At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation 

and condemn it,

because at the preaching of Jonah they repented,

and there is something greater than Jonah here.”

Luke 11:29-32

To the tune STUTTGART (“Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus”):

On the day of wrath forthcoming,
at the righteous throne of Christ,
all will rise to meet the summons
of the Lamb once sacrificed.

Thrones before his throne are fallen,
powers powerless to rise.
Come we must who hear him calling,
he who hears the downcast's cries.

They will rise, the world's downtrodden;
they will speak who have no voice.
Entered in where Christ has bidden,
comforted they will rejoice.

Condemnation shall they utter
who forsook their evil ways,
seeking, finding, foll'wing better
not for any earthly praise.

They will feast, whose thirst and hunger
led them rightly on the road.
Those instead who yearned for plunder
sink unsated 'neath their load.

Wailing, gnashing teeth, forsaken
shall they be who turned from grace.
Now, before all earth is shaken,
turn again to seek Christ's face.