The solemn day draws nigh, when all

Verse 1
The solemn day draws nigh, when all
The cities of the world shall fall,
The islands flee away,
The Lord, the dread avenging Lord
Shall plead his cause with fire and sword,
And sin forever slay.

Verse 2
Then shall thy church superior rise,
A mountain water’d by the skies,
With streams of grace o’erflow’d,
With rivers of pure heavenly peace,
And everlasting righteousness,
And all the life of God.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “There shall be upon every high mountain rivers and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.”—[Isa.] xxx. 25. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 398.
Publishing: Public Domain