Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#459a

459a. The day of wrath, that dreadful day

1 That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
When heav'n and earth shall pass away,
What pow'r shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?

2 When, shriv'ling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heav'ns together roll,
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead?

3 O on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away.

Text Information

• First Line: The day of wrath, that dreadful day
• Author: Sir Walter Scott, 1805 (1805)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Second Sunday of Advent; Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Judgment
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. CROSS
• Composer: Rev. John Bacchus Dykes, Mus. Doc. (1861)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: d minor
• Notes: Public Domain.