Hymn
The Day of Wrath
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, shriv'ling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heav'ns together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead:
Lord, on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou the trembling sinner's stay,
Tho' heav'n and earth shall pass away.
Amen.
The Day of Wrath — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-day-of-wrath
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Day of Wrath?
The words of The Day of Wrath are credited to Thomas of Celano and Sir Walter Scott; the version here was published in 1930.
Is The Day of Wrath public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from American Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Day of Wrath?
The Day of Wrath is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, My God, Permit Me Not To Be, The Lord our Righteousness and Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation.