Church Book ‎#566

566. That Day of wrath, that dreadful Day

1 That Day of wrath, that dreadful Day,
When heaven and earth shall pass away,
What power shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful Day?

2 When, shrivelling like a parchéd scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead:

3 Lord! on that Day, that wrathful Day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou the trembling sinner's stay,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away.

Text Information

• First Line: That Day of wrath, that dreadful Day
• Author: Sir Walter Scott (1805, a.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death and Eternity: Judgment; Advent, Second Sunday; Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune: #316 or #356

Tune Information

• Name: ST. CROSS
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: d minor
• Notes: Composer from index: Rev. J. B. Dykes, 1861