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CCCLXIX. Sinners and saints in the wreck of nature

1 How great, how terrible that God,
Who shakes creation with his nod!
He frowns--earth, sea, all nature's frame
Sink in one universal flame.

2 Where now, O where shall sinners seek
For shelter in the general wreck;
Shall falling rocks be o'er them thrown?
See rocks, like snow dissolving down.

3 In vain for mercy now they cry;
In lakes of liquid fire they lie;
There on the flaming billows tost,
For ever--O forever lost!

4 But saints, undaunted and serene,
With calmness view the dreadful scene;
Their Saviour lives, the worlds expire,
And earth and skies dissolve in fire.

5 Jesus, the helpless creature's friend,
To thee my all I dare commend;
thou canst preserve my feeble soul,
When lightnings blaze from pole to pole.

Text Information

• First Line: How great, how terrible that God
• Title: Sinners and saints in the wreck of nature
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1799
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 24:18-20
• Topic: Saints: In the wreck of nature; Sinners: In the wreck of nature

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