405a | The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892#405b | 406a |
Text: | The world is very evil |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny |
Translator: | Rev. J. M. Neale |
Tune: | [The world is very evil] |
1 The world is very evil;
The times are waxing late:
Be sober and keep vigil,
The Judge is at the gate;
The Judge Who comes in mercy,
The Judge Who comes with might,
To terminate the evil,
To diadem the right.
2 Arise, arise, good Christian,
Let right to wrong succeed;
Let penitential sorrow
To heavenly gladness lead;
To the home of fadeless splendor,
Of flowers that bear no thorn,
Where they shall dwell as children
Who here as exiles mourn;
3 'Mid power that knows no limit,
And wisdom free from bound,
Where rests a peace untroubled,
Peace holy and profound.
O happy, holy portion,
Refection for the blest,
True vision of true beauty,
Sweet cure for all distrest.
4 Thou hast no shore fair ocean!
Thou hast no time, bright day!
Dear fountain of refreshment
To pilgrims far away!
Strive, man, to win that glory;
Toil, man, to gain that light;
Send hope before to grasp it,
Till hope be lost in sight.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The world is very evil |
Title: | The world is very evil |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny (1145) |
Translator: | Rev. J. M. Neale (1858) |
Meter: | 7.6 D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1894 |
Topic: | General; Preparation for Christ; Watchfulness |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Part I. Tune name in index: MUNICH |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [The world is very evil] |
Meter: | 7.6 D. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | German |
Notes: | Public Domain. |