1 Will it come, the day of God,
When the curse shall be removed?
Will it bring the vengeful rod,
Or the voice of the Beloved?
2 Sure as the eternal throne
Stands the promise of His word:
He shall make His glory known;
All mankind shall hail Him Lord.
3 What doth hinder?—hate of hell,
Strife of men, and greed of lust;
But more wonderful to tell,
Waits the Patience of the Just!
4 God’s long suffering standeth still,
Mercy pleading with the foe!
But who shall resist His will
When He lets His fury go?
5 Burning like a furnace flame,
Fed by wrath that cannot spare,
See the glory of His name
Rising, spreading everywhere.
6 Oh, before that awful day
Let our dark rebellion cease;
Let us meet Him in the way,
And His coming shall be peace.
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13195
Bottome, F., S.T.D., was born in Derbyshire, England, May 26, 1823. In 1850, having removed to America, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopalian Church; and in 1872 he received the degree of S.T.D. from Dickinson's College, Carlisle, Penn. In addition to assisting in the compilation of B. P. Smith's Gospel Hymns, London, 1872: Centenary Singer, 1869; Hound Lake, 1872, he has written:—
1. Come, Holy Ghost, all sacred fire. Invocation of the Holy Spirit. Appeared in R. P. Smith's Gospel Hymns, 1872. It is in several collections, including the Ohio Hymn Book of the Evangelical Association, 1881, No. 364.
2. Full salvation, full salvation. Joy of full Salvation. Written in 1871, and published in a collection by D… Go to person page >
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