Jerusalem! Thy Judge Will Come

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Jerusalem! thy judge will come

Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Tune: DIES IRAE (Parry)
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1 Jerusalem! thy judge will come
With woes and desolation;
Signs are appearing of thy doom,
Distress and tribulation;
Rome is Christ’s vassal—she will be
His minister of wrath to thee,
And to thy guilty nation.

2 He will thee visit for thy sin,
And when His hand has found thee,
Rome will with armies hem thee in,
And cast a trench around thee;
Though now thy temple shines so fair,
No stone will soon be standing there
When once her troops surround thee.

3 O mighty earth! Thy judge will come
With woes and desolation,
Signs are appearing of thy doom,
Distress and tribulation;
With angel hosts the Judge of all
Upon the clouds will come, and call
The world to its probation.

4 Thou Lord most glorious! Who didst deign
To die for our salvation,
And everlastingly will reign
In heav’nly exaltation,
O may we fear Thy judgments now,
And then with joy before Thee bow,
The God of all creation.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14556

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Author: Christopher Wordsworth

Christopher Wordsworth--nephew of the great lake-poet, William Wordsworth--was born in 1807. He was educated at Winchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A., with high honours, in 1830; M.A. in 1833; D.D. in 1839. He was elected Fellow of his College in 1830, and public orator of the University in 1836; received Priest's Orders in 1835; head master of Harrow School in 1836; Canon of Westminster Abbey in 1844; Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge in 1847-48; Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks, in 1850; Archdeacon of Westminster, in 1865; Bishop of Lincoln, in 1868. His writings are numerous, and some of them very valuable. Most of his works are in prose. His "Holy Year; or, Hymns for Sundays, Holidays, and other occ… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jerusalem! thy judge will come
Title:	Jerusalem! Thy Judge Will Come
Author:	Christopher Wordsworth
Meter:	8.7.87.8.8.7
Source:	The Holy Year (London: Rivingtons: 1862)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain