THAT DAY OF WRATH
"The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise." 2 Peter 3:10
Words: Thomas of Celano, 13th Century; translated by Sir Walter Scott,
1805.
Music: "St. Cross," John Bacchus Dykes, 1861.
Alternate tune: "Llef," Griffith Hugh Jones (1849-1919).
That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
When heav'n and earth shall pass away!
What pow'r shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?
When, shriveling like a parchèd scroll,
The flaming heav'ns together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread;
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead.
O on that day, that wrathful day
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou the trembling sinner's stay,
Though heav'n and earth shall pass away.