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WHEN the bearing and doing are over, / And no more is to do or bear, / God will see us and judge us / The kind of men we were; / And our sins, so ugly and heavy, / We shall drag them into His sight, / And throw them down at the foot of the throne, / Foul on the steps of light.
We shall not be shamed or frightened, / Though the angels are all at hand, / For He will look at our burden, / And He will understand.
He will turn to the little angels, / Agog to hear and obey, / And point to the festering sin-loads / With, "Take that rubbish away!"
Then the steps will be cleared of the burdens / That we threw down at His feet; / And we shall be washed in the tears of Christ, / And our tears bathe His feet.
And the harvest of all our sinning / That moment's shame will reap- / When we look in the eyes that love us / And know we have made them weep.