Hymns and Tunes 1876 332
THE day of wrath, that dreadful day
1THE 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?
2When, shriveling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll, And louder yet, and yet more dread, Resounds the trump that wakes the dead,—
3Oh! on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be thou, O Christ, thy people's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away.
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Verse 1
THE 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?˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/34A
Verse 2
When, shriveling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll, And louder yet, and yet more dread, Resounds the trump that wakes the dead,—//˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/////˘/˘/˘/33A
Verse 3
Oh! on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be thou, O Christ, thy people's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away.˘˘˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘///˘˘/˘/˘/33A
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