First Line: At the feast of Belshazzar and a thousand of his lords,

At the feast of Belshazzar and a thousand of his lords,
While they drank from golden vessels,
as the Book of Truth records :
In the night, as they revelled in the
royal palace hall,
They were seized with consternation
-----'twas the Hand upon the wall !

‘Tis the hand of God on the wall ! . . .
'Tis the hand of God on the wall . . .
Shall the record be---- Found wanting !
Or shall it be---- “Found trusting !
While that hand is writing on the wall ? . . .

2 See the brave captive, Daniel, as he
stood before the throng,
And rebuked the haughty monarch
for his mighty deeds of wrong ;
As he read out the writing-----'twas the
doom of one and all,
For the kingdom now was finished----
said the Hand upon the wall !

3 See the faith, zeal, and courage, that
would dare to do the right,
Which the Spirit gave to Daniel----
'twas the secret of his might ;
In his home in Judea, or a captive in
the hall, [upon the wall !
He understood the writing of his God

4 So our deeds are recorded-----there's a
Hand that's writing now :
Sinner, give your heart to Jesus---- to
His royal mandate bow ;
For the day is approaching — it must
come to one and all,
When the sinner's condemnation will
be written on the wall !