Verse 1
The dreadful day is come
To fix a nation’s doom!
Who, when God doth this, shall live,
Stand before a righteous God,
’Gainst the world and Satan strive,
Strive resisting unto blood!
Verse 2
Well may our nature fear
The fiery trial near:
Who shall first his Lord betray?
Who his Master shall deny?
Which of us shall fall away?
Is it, Saviour, is it I?
Verse 3
I shall, I surely shall,
Without thy succour, fall:
Left, one moment left alone,
I shall make my ruin sure,
Shamefully my God disown,
Thee, and all thy saints abjure.
Verse 4
But, Lord, I trust in thee,
Thou wilt not go from me;
Thee thy pity shall constrain
Still with me, ev’n me, t’ abide;
Me, the weakest child of man,
Me for whom thy pity died.
Verse 5
O that I always may
On thee my spirit stay!
Poor and needy as I am,
Thou dost for my vileness care;
Thou hast call’d me by my name;
Thou wilt all my burdens bear.
Verse 6
Thou art the sinner’s friend,
I on thy love depend;
Help for all is laid on thee;
Faith and hope in thee I have;
As my day, my strength shall be,
Thou shall[1] to the utmost save.
Verse 7
Arm me with thy great power,
And come the fiery hour!
Then I in thy strength shall say,
(Feeblest of thy servants I)
I, tho’ all men fall away,
I will never thee deny.
Verse 8
Ready, thro’ grace, I am
To suffer for thy name;
When thou dost thyself bestow
On so poor a worm as me,
I shall then to prison go,
Gladly go to death with thee.
[1] Wesley changed “shall” to “shalt” in 1745.