ELHB Hymn 551
That day of wrath, that dreadful day
Thomas of Celano (13th cent.)
Hymn Text
551. That day of wrath, that dreadful day
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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?
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,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead:
The flaming heavens together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead:
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #551