Author: Charles Kingsley, 1819-1974; Richard Proulx, b. 1937 Meter: Irregular Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Now the day of the Lord is at hand, at hand Lyrics: 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 greatest the child is born,
For the day of the Lord is at hand, at hand,
The day of the Lord is at hand.
2 Who would sigh for an old 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 age of gold was an iron age too,
And the meekest of saints may find stern work to do
For the day of the Lord at hand, at hand,
In the day of the Lord at hand. Topics: Advent 1, Year C; Ordinary Time 33, Year B; Ordinary Time 33, Year C; Advent; Jesus Christ; Judgment; Majesty and Power; Second Coming Scripture: Luke 21:25-28 Used With Tune: REMEMBER THE POOR
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