Text: | Judge eternal, throned in splendor |
Author: | Henry Scott Holland, 1847-1918 |
Tune: | KOMM, O KOMM DU GEIST DES LEBENS |
1 Judge eternal, throned in splendor,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
with thy living fire of judgment
purge this land of bitter things;
solace all its wide dominion
with the healing of thy wings.
2 Still the weary folk are pining
for the hour that brings release,
and the city's crowded clangor
cries aloud for sin to cease;
and the homesteads and the woodlands
plead in silence for their peace.
3 Crown, O God, thine own endeavor;
cleave our darkness with thy sword;
feed all those who do not know thee
with the richness of thy word;
cleanse the body of this nation
through the glory of the Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Judge eternal, throned in splendor |
Author: | Henry Scott Holland, 1847-1918 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87. 87. 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KOMM, O KOMM DU GEIST DES LEBENS |
Meter: | 87. 87. 87 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Neu-vermehrtes und zu Ubung Christl. Gottseligkeit eingerichtetes Meiningisches Gesangbuch, 1693 |