9449 | The Cyber Hymnal#9450 | 9451 |
Text: | How Great, How Terrible That God |
Author: | Samuel Davies, 1723-1761 |
Tune: | ERHALT UNS, HERR |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 How great, how terrible that God,
Who shakes creation with His nod!
He frowns—earth, sea, all nature’s frame,
Sink in one universal flame.
2 Where now, O where shall sinners seek
For shelter in the general wreck?
Shall falling rocks be o’er them thrown?
See rocks, like snow, dissolving down!
3 In vain for mercy now they cry;
In lakes of liquid fire they lie;
There on the flaming billows tossed,
For ever—O, for ever lost!
4 But saints, undaunted and serene,
Your eyes shall view the dreadful scene;
Your Savior lives, the worlds expire;
And earth and skies dissolve in fire.
5 Jesus, the helpless creature’s friend,
To Thee my all I dare commend;
Thou canst preserve my feeble soul,
When lightnings blaze from pole to pole.
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First Line: | How great, how terrible that God |
Title: | How Great, How Terrible That God |
Author: | Samuel Davies, 1723-1761 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Name: | ERHALT UNS, HERR |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Geistliche Lieder (Wittenberg, Germany: 1543) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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