The Judgment Day Summary

In the first stanza the preacher describes the Judgment Day as a great day when God will appear in the sky to judge both the living and the dead. Stanza two indicates that on this day God will call for the angel Gabriel to blow his silver trumpet. Stanza three states that Gabriel will ask God how loud he should sound the trumpet. In stanza four the preacher states that God will tell Gabriel to first blow the instrument gently to warn those who are living that the day of judgments has arrived. In stanza five the preacher states that God will then tell Gabriel to blow his trumpet to wake those that are dead. The preacher tells his congregation in stanza six that this time Gabriel will be commanded to blow his trumpet loudly enough to shake the...