"The Day of Doom" is not just an ordinary poem. He wrote the poem in such a way that the reader in the end should ask themselves, what must I do to be saved? His ultimate goal was to stress the consequences of sin and to glorify the reward of salvation.
Wigglesworth is telling us that the soul must be ready at all times for judgement day because no one knows the hour or the day when God would come back to judge his people.
In the fourth stanza it talks about how people do not like to think about judgement day because they never think it will happen, so they "drown their care an fears."
Wigglesworth states how no one can hide. Sinners try to hide and are unsuccessful.
The voice of comfort to the elect is overshadowed by the voice of wrath to the unrepentant. There was a lot of pleading for a second chance and Jesus denied them every time. They were to late to repent. This is why you must be ready at all times. The purpose was to bring those unsaved that read this poem to faith.
The poem overall is a fairly accurate picture of the last day according to the biblical text.
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