Day of Wrath (Irons)

Day of wrath

O day of mourn­ing!

See ful­filled the pro­phet’s warn­ing

Heav’n and earth in ash­es burn­ing.

Oh

what fear man’s bo­som rend­eth

When from Heav’n the Judge des­cend­eth

On whose sen­tence all de­pend­eth!

Wondrous sound the trum­pet fling­eth

Through earth’s se­pul­chers it ring­eth

All be­fore the throne it bring­eth.

Death is struck and na­ture quak­ing;

All cre­ation is awak­ing

To its Judge an an­swer mak­ing.

Lo

the book

ex­ac­tly word­ed

Wherein all hath been re­cord­ed;

Thence shall jud­gment be award­ed.

When the Judge His seat at­tain­eth

And each hid­den deed ar­raign­eth

Nothing una­venged re­main­eth.

What shall I

frail man

be plead­ing?

Who for me be in­ter­ced­ing

When the just are mer­cy need­ing?

King of ma­jes­ty tre­men­dous

Who dost free sal­va­tion send us

Fount of pi­ty

then be­friend us.

Think

good Je­sus

my sal­va­tion

Caused Thy won­drous in­car­na­tion;

Leave me not to re­pro­ba­tion!

Faint and wea­ry Thou hast sought me

On the cross of suf­fer­ing bought me;

Shall such grace be vain­ly brought me?

Righteous Judge

for sin’s pol­lu­tion

Grant Thy gift of ab­so­lu­tion

Ere that day of re­tri­bu­tion!

Guilty

now I pour my moan­ing

All my shame with ang­uish own­ing:

Spare

O God

Thy sup­pli­ant groan­ing!

From that sin­ful woman shriv­en

From the dy­ing thief for­giv­en

Thou to me a hope hast giv­en.

Worthless are my pray­ers and sigh­ing;

Yet

good Lord

in grace com­ply­ing

Rescue me from fires un­dy­ing.

With Thy fa­vored sheep

oh

place me!

Nor among the goats ab­ase me

But to Thy right hand up­raise me.

While the wick­ed are con­found­ed

Doomed to flames of woe un­bound­ed

Call me

with Thy saints sur­round­ed.

Low I kneel with heart sub­mis­sion

See

like ash­es

my con­tri­tion;

Help me in my last con­di­tion!

Day of sor­row

day of weep­ing

When

in dust no longer sleep­ing

Man awakes in Thy dread keep­ing!

To the rest Thou didst pre­pare me

On Thy cross; O Christ

up­bear me!

Spare

O God

in mer­cy spare me!