Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. 9th ed. ‎#a460

a460. Day of wrath, that Day of mourning!

1 Day of wrath, that Day of mourning!
See fulfilled the prophets' warning,
Heaven and earth in ashes burning!

2 O what fear man's bosom rendeth,
When from heaven the Judge descendeth,
On whose sentence all dependeth!

3 Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth;
Through earth's sepulchers it ringeth,
All before the throne it bringeth.

4 Death is struck, and nature quaking;
All creation is awaking,
To its Judge an answer making.

5 Lo, the Book, exactly worded,
Wherein all hath been recorded;
Thence shall judgment be awarded.

6 When the Judge His seat attaineth,
And each hidden deed arraigneth,
Nothing unavenged remaineth.

7 What shall I, frail man, be pleading?
Who for me be interceding,
When the just are mercy needing?

8 King of Majesty tremendous,
Who dost free salvation send us,
Fount of pity, then befriend us!

9 Think, kind Jesus, my salvation
Caused Thy wondrous incarnation;
Fount of pity, then befriend us!

10 Faint and weary Thou hast sought me,
On the Cross of suffering brought me;
Shall such grace in vain be brought me?

11 Righteous Judge of retribution,
Grant Thy gift of absolution,
Ere that day's dread execution.

12 Guilty, now I pour my moaning,
All my shame with anguish owning!
Spare, O God, Thy suppliant groaning!

13 Thou the woman gav'st remission,
Heardst the dying thief's petition:
Hopeless else were my condition.

14 Worthless are my prayers and sighing,
Yet, good Lord in grace complying,
Rescue me from fires undying!

15 With Thy favored sheep, O place me!
Nor amid the goats abase me:
But to Thy right hand upraise me.

16 While the wicked are confounded,
Doomed to flames of woe unbounded,
Call me, with Thy saints surrounded.

17 Bows my heart in meek submission,
Strewn with ashes of contrition;
Succor Thou my lost condition!

18 Day of sorrow, Day of weeping,
When in dust no longer sleeping,
Man awakes in Thy dread keeping!

19 To the rest Thou didst prepare me,
On Thy Cross, O Christ, upbear me!
Spare, O God, in mercy spare me!

Text Information

• First Line: Day of wrath, that Day of mourning!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1895
• Topic: Christian Life and Hope; The Consummation: Judgment
• Notes: Author from Index: Thomas de Celano— Wm. J. Irons; Hymn from the German Text: Jenen Tag, den Tag der Wehen

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