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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 | |
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First Line: | Judge Eternal, throned in splendor |
Author: | Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918) |
Meter: | 87 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2008 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Our Response to God: in intercession and petition; The Church Celebrates: National Life; God: in judgement and justice(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RHUDDLAN |
Meter: | 87 87 87 |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Welsh traditional melody in Musical Relics of Welsh Bards 1800; harmonised English Hymnal, 1906 |