The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15683

15683. Lo, The Righteous Judge Descending

1 Lo, the righteous Judge descending,
In full glory through the sky,
Suns and stars have veiled their splendor,
While their King is passing by:
Now His signal
Tells us that the judgment’s nigh.

2 Bands celestial all around Him,
Bow obedient to His word;
Hear archangel sound the trumpet,
See the dead to life restored;
In a moment,
They ascend to meet their Lord.

3 Gather all My saints, ye angels,
Who were made your special care;
Fly to earth’s remotest regions,
Bring My ransomed children near;
That to glory
They may all with Me repair.

4 But the sinner, then confounded,
Will with awe the Judge survey,
Hear his dreadful doom announcèd,
And retire in deep dismay;
Self convicted,
To the deathless worm a prey.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, the righteous Judge descending
• Title: Lo, The Righteous Judge Descending
• Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
• Meter: 87.87 47
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ETON COLLEGE
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1889)
• Meter: 87.87.47
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain