The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9450

9450. How Great, How Terrible That God

1 How great, how terrible that God,
Who shakes creation with His nod!
He frowns—earth, sea, all nature’s frame,
Sink in one universal flame.

2 Where now, O where shall sinners seek
For shelter in the general wreck?
Shall falling rocks be o’er them thrown?
See rocks, like snow, dissolving down!

3 In vain for mercy now they cry;
In lakes of liquid fire they lie;
There on the flaming billows tossed,
For ever—O, for ever lost!

4 But saints, undaunted and serene,
Your eyes shall view the dreadful scene;
Your Savior lives, the worlds expire;
And earth and skies dissolve in fire.

5 Jesus, the helpless creature’s friend,
To Thee my all I dare commend;
Thou canst preserve my feeble soul,
When lightnings blaze from pole to pole.

Text Information

• First Line: How great, how terrible that God
• Title: How Great, How Terrible That God
• Author: Samuel Davies, 1723-1761
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ERHALT UNS, HERR
• Meter: LM
• Key: e minor
• Source: Geistliche Lieder (Wittenberg, Germany: 1543)
• Copyright: Public Domain