The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11499

11499. God Of Glorious Majesty

1 God of glorious majesty,
Whose judgments are abroad,
Pierce, and turn our hearts to Thee
With sacred horror awed;
All this drowsy land awake,
And by the thunder of Thy power
Shake, our inmost spirits shake,
And let us sleep no more.

2 Rising in Thy dreadful might
The wicked to rebuke,
Thou hast with unwonted fright
Our sleeping bodies shook;
Earth did to her center quake,
Convulsive pangs her bowels tore;
Shake, our inmost spirits shake,
And let us sleep no more.

3 Ere the threatened ruin come,
A general terror dart,
Send the keen conviction home
To every thoughtless heart;
Shake us out of Satan’s hands,
Burst open every prison door,
Rouse, and loose us from our bands,
And bid us sin no more.

4 Jesus, Lord, to whom we cry,
The true repentance give,
Give us at Thy feet to lie,
And tremble, and believe;
On the Rock of Ages place
Our souls, till all the wrath is o’er,
Ground, and ’stablish us in grace,
And bid us sin no more.

Text Information

• First Line: God of glorious majesty
• Title: God Of Glorious Majesty
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Meter: 76.76.778.76
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750, second edition, 1756
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ORMESBY
• Composer: George Merritt (1889)
• Meter: 76.76.778.76
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: The Primitive Methodist Hymnal by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House,1889)
• Copyright: Public Domain