Church Book ‎#568

568. That fearful Day, that Day of dread

1 That fearful Day, that Day of dread,
When Thou shalt judge the quick and dead;
O God! I shudder to foresee
The awful things which then shall be!

2 When Thou shalt come, Thy angels round,
With legions, and with trumpet sound;
O Saviour, grant me in the air
With all Thy saints to meet Thee there!

3 Weep, O my soul, ere that great Day,
When God shall shine in plain array;
O weep thy sin, that thou mayst be
In that severest judgment free!

4 O Christ, forgive, remit, protect,
And set Thy servant with the elect;
That I may hear the voice that calls
The righteous to Thy heavenly halls!

5 Sit not in judgment on each deed,
Nor each intent in strictness read;
Forgive, accept, and save me the,
O Thou who lovest the souls of men!

Text Information

• First Line: That fearful Day, that Day of dread
• Author: Theodore of the Studium (ab. 820)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862, alt.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death and Eternity: Judgment; Advent, Second Sunday; Twenty Fifth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune: #355 or #566

Tune Information

• Name: CANNONS
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: g minor
• Notes: Composer from index: Handel, ab. 1742