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Text:Judge Eternal, throned in splendor
Author:Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Tune:RHUDDLAN

264. Judge Eternal, throned in splendor

1 Judge Eternal, throned in splendour,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
with your living fire of judgement
purge this land of bitter things;
solace all its wide dominion
with the healing of your wings.

2 Still the weary folk are pining
for the hour that brings release;
and the city's crowded clangour
cries aloud for sin to cease;
and the homesteads and the woodlands
plead in silence for their peace.

3 Crown, O God, your own endeavour;
cleave our darkness with your sword;
feed the faithless and the hungry
with the richness of your word;
cleanse the body of this nation
through the glory of the Lord.

Text Information
First Line: Judge Eternal, throned in splendor
Author: Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Meter: 87 87 87
Language: English
Publication Date: 2005
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Our Response to God: in intercession and petition; The Church Celebrates: National Life; God: in judgement and justice (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: RHUDDLAN
Meter: 87 87 87
Key: G Major
Source: Welsh traditional melody in Musical Relics of Welsh Bards 1800; harmonised English Hymnal, 1906



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