How Great, How Terrible That God

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.