The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#606

606. That 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, shriveling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Resounds the trump that wakes the dead;

3 O 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.

Text Information

• First Line: That day of wrath, that dreadful day
• Author: Thomas of Celano (13th Century)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Last Things: Christ's Second Coming; Judgment; Second Coming of Christ

Tune Information

• Name: [That day of wrath, that dreadful day]
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: e minor
• Source: German, 1543