12589 | The Cyber Hymnal#12590 | 12591 |
Text: | He Comes, Thy God |
Author: | Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 |
Tune: | LAMBETH |
Composer: | Wilhelm August Ferdinand Schulthes |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 He comes, thy God, O Israel, comes;
Prepare thy God to meet:
Meet Him in battle’s force arrayed,
Or humbled at His feet.
2 He formed the mountains by His strength;
He makes the winds to blow;
And all the secret thoughts of man
Must his Creator know.
3 He shades the morning’s opening rays;
He shakes the solid world;
And stars and angels from their seats
Are by His thunder hurled.
4 Eternal Sovereign of the skies,
And shall thine Israel dare
In mad rebellion to arise,
And tempt th’unequal war?
5 Lo, nations tremble at Thy frown,
And faint beneath Thy rod;
Crushed by its gentlest movement down,
They fall, tremendous God.
6 Avert the terrors of Thy wrath,
And let Thy mercy shine;
While humble penitence and prayer
Approve us truly Thine.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | He comes, thy God, O Israel, comes |
Title: | He Comes, Thy God |
Author: | Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: IRA by Heinrich C. Zeuner, MAITLAND by George N. Allen, MANOAH by Giaochino A. Rossini |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LAMBETH |
Composer: | Wilhelm August Ferdinand Schulthes (1871) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |