The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8970

8970. Escape For Thy Life

1 See Sodom wrapped in fire!
And hark, what piercing shrieks!
Those daring rebels now expire,
For God in justice speaks.

2 O sinner, mark thy fate;
Soon will the Judge appear;
And then thy cries will come too late;
Too late for God to hear.

3 Thy day of mercy gone,
The Spirit grieved away,
Thy cup, long filling, now o’erflown,
Demands the vengeful day.

4 Thy God, insulted, seems
To draw His glittering sword;
And o’er thy guilty head it gleams,
To vindicate His Word.

5 One only hope I see;
O, sinner, seize it now—
The blood that Jesus shed for thee—
No other hope hast thou.

Text Information

• First Line: See Sodom wrapped in fire!
• Title: Escape For Thy Life
• Author: Jared B. Waterbury
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Christian Lyre by Joshua Leavitt (New York: Jonathan Leavitt: 1830)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: PROVIDENCE
• Composer: Leach (1849)
• Meter: SM
• Key: g minor
• Source: The American Vocalist by D. H. Mansfield (Boston: Thompson, bigelow & Brown, 1849)
• Copyright: Public Domain