Author: Jared B. Waterbury Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: See Sodom wrapped in fire! Lyrics: 1 See Sodom wrapped in fire!
And hark, what piercing shrieks!
Those daring rebels now expire,
For God in justice speaks.
2 O sinner, mark thy fate;
Soon will the Judge appear;
And then thy cries will come too late;
Too late for God to hear.
3 Thy day of mercy gone,
The Spirit grieved away,
Thy cup, long filling, now o’erflown,
Demands the vengeful day.
4 Thy God, insulted, seems
To draw His glittering sword;
And o’er thy guilty head it gleams,
To vindicate His Word.
5 One only hope I see;
O, sinner, seize it now—
The blood that Jesus shed for thee—
No other hope hast thou. Used With Tune: PROVIDENCE Text Sources: Christian Lyre by Joshua Leavitt (New York: Jonathan Leavitt: 1830)
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