Text:The day of wrath, that dreadful day
Author:Thomas of Celano
Translator:Walter Scott
Tune:MEROE
Composer:William B. Bradbury

578. The 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, shriv'ling like a parchèd scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll,
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Resounds the trump that wakes the dead!

3 Oh, on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: The day of wrath, that dreadful day
Translator: Walter Scott (1805)
Author: Thomas of Celano (1250)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Christ: Refuge; Day of Wrath; Judgment (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: MEROE
Composer: William B. Bradbury
Meter: L. M.



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