The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9857

9857. How Dreadful Is The Sinner's Fate

1 How dreadful is the sinner’s fate,
Who wakes, to sleep no more,
Who knocks and calls, alas, too late,
When death hath shut the door.

2 But we who now Thy grace implore,
Shall now admitted be,
For if Thy justice shuts the door,
Thy mercy keeps the key.

Text Information

• First Line: How dreadful is the sinner’s fate
• Title: How Dreadful Is The Sinner's Fate
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scriptures (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Hugh Wilson (1800)
• Arranger: Ralph E. Hudson (1885)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain