Hymns for a Pilgrim People ‎#220

220. The Day of the Lord Is at Hand

1 The day of the Lord is at hand, at hand;
Its storms roll up the sky;
The nations sleep starving on heaps of gold;
All dreamers toss and sigh;
The night is darkest before the morn;
When the pain is sorest the child is born,
And the day of the Lord at hand, at hand,
The day of the Lord at hand.

2 Who would sit down and sigh for a lost age of gold,
While the Lord of all ages is here?
True hearts then will leap at the trumpet of God,
And those who can suffer can dare.
Each old age of gold was an iron age too,
And the meekest of saints may find stern work to do
In the day of the Lord at hand, at hand,
In the day of the Lord at hand.

Text Information

• First Line: The day of the Lord is at hand, at hand
• Title: The Day of the Lord Is at Hand
• Author: Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2007
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 5:1
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 5:11
• Topic: Advent; Courage; Jesus Christ; Justice; Second Coming

Tune Information

• Name: REMEMBER THE POOR
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: G Major
• Source: Traditional Irish Melody