The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10799

10799. Day Of Anger, Day Of Wonder

1 Day of anger, day of wonder,
When the world shall roll asunder
Quenched in fire and smoke and thunder.

2 O vast terror; wild heart-rending,
Of that hour when earth is ending,
And her jealous judge descending.

3 When the trumpet’s voice astoundeth,
Through earth’s sepulchers reboundeth,
Summons universal soundeth.

4 Death astonished, nature shaken,
Sees all creatures, as they waken,
To that dire tribunal taken.

5 Lo! the book, where all is hoarded,
Not a secret unrecorded;
Every doom is thence awarded.

6 So the Judge when He arraigneth,
Every hidden thing explaineth:
Nothing unavenged remaineth.

7 In that fiery revelation,
Where shall I make supplication,
When the just hath scarce salvation?

8 Fount of love, dread King supernal,
Freely given life eternal,
Save me from the pains infernal.

9 This forget not, sweet Life-giver,
Me Thou camest to deliver;
Cast me not away forever.

Text Information

• First Line: Day of anger, day of wonder
• Title: Day Of Anger, Day Of Wonder
• Author: Philip S. Worsley, 1831-1866
• Meter: 888
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DIES IRAE (MONTREAL)
• Composer: Anonymous (1877)
• Meter: 888
• Key: F Major
• Source: Church Hymnal (Rouses Point, NY: John W. Lovell, 1877)
• Copyright: Public Domain