Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#298a

298a. 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? A-men.

2 When, shrivelling like a parchèd scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll;
When, louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead;

3 Lord, on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be thou the trembling sinner's stay,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: That day of wrath, that dreadful day
• Author: Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: Sacraments and Rites: Burial of the Dead
• Source: Founded on Dies Irae

Tune Information

• Name: LLEF
• Composer: Griffith Hugh Jones, 1849 - 1919
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: e minor