The Minstrel of Zion ‎#89

89. Day of wrath

1 There comes a day, a fearful day,
When earth and heaven shall flee away,
When flaming on his great white throne,
Naught shall be seen but God alone;
The myriad crows from ev'ry clime
Shall gaze upon that throne sublime.
The great and small, the quick and dead,
Shall shout for joy or quake with dread.

2 Oh! how shall I, a sinner born,
Lift up my head on that dread morn,
When glory, brightening to excess,
Proclaims the God of holiness?
The triune God, the lofty Lord,
Who, by his own omnific word,
Made thousand thousand worlds to be;
He speaks again; and lo! they flee.

3 When orbs on orbs affrighted fly,
In lawless terror through the sky;
When thrones and powers celestial fall,
Before the glorious ALL IN ALL;
Oh! how shall I, of baser birth,
A sinful man, a worm of earth,
Presume to meet the burning gaze,
That wraps the heavens in sheets of blaze?

4 Father Eternal! God of love!
Look down from mercy's seat above;
Through Jesus now be reconciled
To me, a wayward, wandering child:
Be thou, O Christ, my stay, my trust,
And when I moulder into dust,
And when I rise from dust again,
Be mine, my God--amen--amen.

Text Information

• First Line: There comes a day, a fearful day
• Title: Day of wrath
• Publication Date: 1845

Tune Information

• Name: DAY OF WRATH
• Meter: L. M. D.
• Key: B♭ Major