Hymn
That Awful Day Will Surely Come
That awful day will surely come,
Th' appointed hour makes haste,
When I must stand before my Judge,
And pass the solemn test.
Jesus, thou source of all my joys,
Thou ruler of my heart,
How could I bear to hear thy voice
Pronounce the word, Depart!
What! to be banished from my Lord,
To rocks and mountains cry!
And yet to them must call in vain;
For who his wrath can fly?
O, wretched state of deep despair,
To see my God remove,
And fix my doleful station where
I cannot taste his love!
That Awful Day Will Surely Come — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/that-awful-day-will-surely-come
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Who wrote That Awful Day Will Surely Come?
The words of That Awful Day Will Surely Come were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Soon as I heard my Father say and Christ's Presence Desirable.
Is That Awful Day Will Surely Come public domain?
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What is the metre of That Awful Day Will Surely Come?
That Awful Day Will Surely Come is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Rejoicing in Hope, When musing sorrow weeps the past and Happy is He, whose early years.