Text: | O quickly come, dread Judge of all |
Author: | Lawrence Tuttiet, 1825-97 |
Tune: | VATER UNSER |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
1 O QUICKLY come, dread Judge of all;
For, awful though thine advent be,
All shadows from the truth will fall,
And falsehood die, in sight of thee:
O quickly come; for doubt and fear
Like clouds dissolve when thou art near.
2 O quickly come, great King of all;
Reign all around us, and within;
Let sin no more our souls enthral,
Let pain and sorrow die with sin:
O quickly come; for thou alone
Canst make thy scattered people one.
3 O quickly come, true Life of all,
For death is mighty all around;
On every home his shadows fall,
On every heart his mark is found:
O quickly come; for grief and pain
Can never cloud thy glorious reign.
4 O quickly come, sure Light of all,
For gloomy night broods o'er our way,
And weakly souls begin to fall
With weary watching for the day:
O quickly come; for round thy throne
No eye is blind, no night is known.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O quickly come, dread Judge of all |
Author: | Lawrence Tuttiet, 1825-97 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VATER UNSER |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Key: | c minor |
Source: | Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539, set by Luther to the Lord's Prayer |