Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #CCCLXIX (1799) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: How great, how terrible that God Lyrics: 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 tost,
For ever--O forever lost!
4 But saints, undaunted and serene,
With calmness view the dreadful scene;
Their Saviour 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.
Topics: Saints In the wreck of nature; Sinners In the wreck of nature Scripture: Isaiah 24:18-20 Languages: English
Sinners and saints in the wreck of nature